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Example 25-27
Blanga hu jadan waya?
Blanga
dat
/
poss
hu
who
jadan
dist
:
adj
waya?
wire/spear
Whose is that fishing spear?
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. This example illustrates the dative/possessive preposition
bla(nga),
which with interrogatives also has a postpositional use.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979
: 98
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: Two compound expressions
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
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