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Example 27-96
Frā sini, api si dri hō!
Frā
ask
sini,
3pl
api
where
si
3sg
.
poss
dri
three
hō!
ear
Ask them, where their three ears are!
Comment:
Si
is 3SG.POSS, but in this context it applies to three persons, each one of them missing one ear. Therefore, a translation with 'their' makes much more sense.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 18
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
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