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Example 27-100
Di ha ēn frou.
Di
det
ha
have
ēn
a
frou.
woman
There is a woman.
Comment:
This is the first sentence of a story and it introduces a character, like 'once upon a time, there was a...'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 16
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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