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Example 57-81
napa mari pu lja
napa
exist
.
neg
mari
husband
pu
poss
lja
3sg
She hasn't got a husband. / She is not married.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Genitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: No transitive possession verb
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