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Example 25-198
Tharran na Dadi
bla yu.
Tharran
dist
:
adj
na
now
Dadi
daddy
bla
dat
/
poss
yu.
2sg
That one [is] your Daddy! (identifying a referent)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River. This example illustrates adpositional marking of a pronominal possessor.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Adpositional phrase following the possessum
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