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Indefinite pronouns
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Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Example 9-44:
Yu hia samtn̩ de krich krich ina mangru.
Yu
you
hia
hear
samtn̩
something
de
prog
krich
screech
krich
screech
ina
in
mangru.
mangrove
You hear a screeching noise in the mangrove.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 34
Example 9-45:
Sambodi me wan pik it in.
Sambodi
somebody
me
ant
wan
fut
pik
pick
it
it
in.
in
Somebody would have picked it up.
Source:
Escure 2004
: 536
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Indefinite pronouns
Source:
Escure 1983
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