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If you think about it, it's already kind of obvious the speaker is talking about themselves being late. Thus, a Creole speaker would probably drop any of use of ''mi'' "I" in that sentence. | If you think about it, it's already kind of obvious the speaker is talking about themselves being late. Thus, a Creole speaker would probably drop any of use of ''mi'' "I" in that sentence. | ||
: ''A mal, o tad.'' | : ''A mal, o tad.'' | ||
To most Creole speakers, this can be as well understood as ''A mi mal, mi o tad'', and is even more | To most Creole speakers, this can be as well understood as ''A mi mal, mi o tad'', and is even more concise. Thus, most Creole speakers often choose to drop any personal pronouns in these contexts. | ||
====Demonstrative==== | ====Demonstrative==== | ||
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