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Example 27-46
Sini ha ki a ēn mui mēnshi. Den Pusbergí a sē: "Diso a fa mi."
Sini
3pl
ha
pst
ki
look
a
loc
ēn
a
mui
pretty
mēnshi.
girl
Den
then
Pus-bergí
Push-mountain
a
pst
sē:
say
"Diso
this.one
a
cop
fa
of
mi."
1sg
They looked at a pretty girl. Then Pushmountain said: "This one is mine."
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 18
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
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