Datapoint Trinidad English Creole/Order of subject, object, and verb

Values

Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Example 6-1:
Shi buy a nju cyar.
Shi
3sg
buy
buy
a
det
nju
new
cyar.
car
She bought a new car.
Example 6-54:
Sita eat di mango.
Sita
Sita
eat
eat
di
det
mango.
mango
Sita ate the mango.

Source: Winer 1993: 22

Example 6-55:
Di child want food.
Di
det
child
child
want
want
food.
food
The child wants food.

Source: Winer 1993: 22

Confidence:
Very certain