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Example 30-85
Kel libru ê di kenha? – (Ê)
di meu
.
Kel=libru
this.
sg
=book
ê
be
di=kenha?
of=who
–
–
(Ê)
(be)
di.meu.
1sg
.
poss
Whose book is this? – (It’s) mine.
German:
Wem gehört dieses Buch? – (Es gehört) mir.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special preposition plus pronoun
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