LINC47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Continuous And Progressive Aspects, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Palenquero
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European languages, for example object pronouns which precede the verb: ex. S yo te hablo palenquero cs i ta abl bo: (f je te parle, e i speak to you; i you speak, same construction found in some niger-congo languages. In english-based creoles, no do support and no inversion of subject and auxiliary verb to form questions: parallels with yoruba, ex. E he doesn"t wear shoes ce im no wier shuuz: ex. Hcf kote li ye? (e where he is?: do-support is seen in english, ex. I do wear shoes: do is the addition to the main verb of the sentence, the do-support is not transferred to the creole, the subject-auxiliary inversion is seen in english. However this inversion isn"t seen in creoles: the intonation makes a difference in the meaning of the sentence, a certain intonation expresses a declarative meaning while another intonation expresses an interrogative meaning.
