Datapoint Hawaiʼi Creole/Other forms/phrases for copula ʼbeʼ: before NPs

Variety: Hawaiʼi Creole
Feature: Other forms/phrases for copula ʼbeʼ: before NPs
Value: C - feature exists, but is extremely rare
Informants: Kent Sakoda and Jeff Siegel

Examples

Example 1850:
Miai sista ste wan bas jraiva.
'My sister is a bus driver.'