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Example 28-37
ə bi datə, ɛni titi ju kriktɛ gutu da iʃ twejɛ ju nintɛ
o
3sg
bi
say
dati,
comp
ɛni
any
titi
time
ju
2sg
kriki-tɛ
get-
prf
gutu
thing
da
cop
iʃi
1pl
twe-jɛ
two-
nmlz
ju
2sg
nimi-tɛ
know-
prf
He said that, any time you get something, (it) belongs to the two of us you know.
Comment:
Note that the enclitic nominalizer creates an independent possessive pronoun, something like 'our two's'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 176
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: No inclusive/exclusive distinction
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