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Example 5-115:
wo dem go du
wid
twenti dala monii?
wo
what
dem
3pl
go
fut
du
do
wid
with
twenti
twenty
dala
dollars
monii?
money
What would they do with twenty dollars?
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 154, line 453
Example 5-116:
mi fado bin a sliip
wid
ii in di haspital
mi
poss
.
1sg
fado
father
bin
ant
a
prog
sliip
sleep
wid
with
ii
3sg
in
in
di
the
haspital
hospital
My father was sleeping with him in the hospital.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 160, linrd 502-503
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Comitatives and instrumentals
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 154, line 453
;
Rickford 1987
: 160, lines 502-503
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