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Example 27-3
di andi shi fan di lan
di
det
andi
other
shi
side
fan
of
di
det
lan
country
the other side of the country
Comment:
The possessor follows the possessum when the former is inanimate.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 11
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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