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Example 25-190
Bijilain main tharrei.
Biji-lain
fishing-line
main
1sg
:
poss
tharr-ei.
dist
-
dir
My fishing line is there. (Said as a warning)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the use of a possessive pronoun following the possessed noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Following word
Predicative locative phrases: No copula
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