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Example 28-71
ori mamɛtɛ ʃi papa
ori
3sg
mama
mother
mɛtɛ
with
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
papa
father
her mother and her father
Comment:
This example illustrates that the 3SG independent pronoun
ori
alternates quite freely with the special possessive form
ʃi
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 160
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
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