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Example 29-68
Wie se boek is dit? Dis myne/joune/syne/hare.
Wie
who
se
poss
boek
book
is
is
dit?
it
Di=s
3sg
=s
my-ne/jou-ne/sy-ne/ha-re.
1sg
.
poss
/
2sg
.
poss
/
3sg
.
m
.
poss
/
3sg
.
f
.
poss
Whose book is this? It's mine, yours, his, hers vs. ours, yours, theirs, yours (polite).
Comment:
Hare
is often pronounced
hane
in colloquial Afrikaans and also in certain dialects.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special pronoun form
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