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DeGraff, Michel (2001). The abnormality of 'abnormal transmission' in Creole genesis: Lessons from morpho-syntax and/in diac.
URL: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/degraff/lsa-handout-rev.pdf
(Last accessed 2006-02-26).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2449&langcode=hat (2021-08-15).
Example #1:
20 a. Bouki konnen Boukin t
Bouki know Boukin t
`Bouki knows Boukin t'
Example #2:
b. Bouki konnen li
Bouki know 3sg
`Bouki knows him her it'
Example #3:
b. Bouki pa konnen Boukin t
Bouki NEG know Boukin t
`Bouki doesn't know Boukin t'
Example #4:
Boukin t te renmen Bouki
Boukin t ANT renmen Bouki
`Boukin t loved Bouki'
Example #5:
b. Boukin t ap renmen Bouki
Boukin t FUT love Bouki
`Boukin t will love Bouki'
Example #6:
c. Boukin t a renmen Bouki si ...
Boukin t IRR love Bouki if
`Boukin t would love Bouki if ...'
Example #7:
b. Li te deja pati HC
3sg ANT already leave
`He had already left'
Example #8:
77 a. Li te nan sinema HC
3sg ANT in movie-theater
`He She was at the movies'
Example #9:
78 a. mo t voudr
1sg TE want+R
`I would want' cf. Fr Moi, je voudrais and HC Mwen t a vle
Example #10:
b. ly t faudr
3sg TE need+R
`There should be some' cf. Fr Il en faudrait and HC F k genyen
Example #11:
d. Fodre ou ta w jan m kontan
need+COND 2sg would see how 1sg happy
`You should see how happy I am'
Example #12:
c. Li pa pale Modern HC
3sg NEG spoken
`He She hasn't spoken'
Example #13:
Bouki konnen Boukin t
Bouki know Boukin t
`Bouki knows Boukin t'
Example #14:
b. Bouki konnen li
Bouki know 3sg
`Bouki knows him her it'