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Example 30-86
Kel la ê di kenha? – Ê
di nho
.
Kel=la
dem
.
sg
=there
ê
be
di=kenha?
of=who
–
–
Ê
be
di=nho.
of=
2sg
.
pol
.
m
Whose [food] is that? – It is yours, sir.
German:
Wessen [Essen] ist das dort? – Das ist Ihres.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 27/28
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special preposition plus pronoun
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