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Example 31-76
El me tanbe e konhese
bu
mai, ku
bu
pai.
El
he
me
himself
tanbe
too
e
he
konhese
knows
bu
your
mai,
mum
ku
with
bu
your
pai.
father
He himself knows your mother and father.
Comment:
Note that for the 2nd person formal possessive, the word order changes:
kaza di nha
[house of you] 'your house'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
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