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Example 28-73
ori ʃi bwa naŋnaŋwan ɛkɛ arum bwa kibakiba
ori
3sg
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
bwa
leg
nangwa-nangwa
long-long
an
and
ɛkɛ
1sg
arum
poor
bwa
leg
kiba-kiba
short-short
His legs are long and my poor legs are short.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 161
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
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