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Example 1-189
Mi habi man.
Mi
1sg
habi
have
man.
man
I have a husband.
Dutch:
Ik heb een Man. [op.cit.]
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 64
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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