Datapoint Vincentian Creole/Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives

Both pronominal and adnominal demonstratives have the same form and they may or may not appear with a postposed deictic.

Values

Same forms

Example 7-85:
Dis ya miit haad fo boil.
Dis
dem
ya
here
miit
meat
haad
hard
fo
for
boil.
boil
This meat is hard to boil. OR: Life’s hard.

Source: Oliver 1986

Example 7-86:
Dis ya a fomi oon.
Dis
dem
ya
here
a
cop
fo-mi
for-1sg
oon.
own
This is mine. OR: This one is mine.

Source: Prescod 2004: 90

Confidence:
Very certain