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Example 30-169
Kel ómi la
ten
dinheru!
Kel=ómi
dem
.
sg
=man
la
there
ten
have
dinheru.
money
That man is rich (lit. That man has money)!
German:
Jener Mann hat [viel] Geld!
Comment:
Here
ten
indicates transitive possession.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. ten
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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