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Example 11-245
So wen unu gat unu piknini unu sit doun an [...].
So
so
wen
when
unu
2pl
gat
get
unu
2pl
.
poss
piknini
child
unu
2pl
sit
sit
doun
down
an
and
[...].
[...]
So when you have your own children, you sit down and [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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