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Example 33-155
I ten
un minjer ki
tene
um fiju-femea.
I
3sg
ten
exist
un
one
minjer
woman
ki
who
tene
have
um
one
fiju-femea.
child-female
There’s a woman who has a daughter.
Portuguese:
Há uma mulher que tem uma filha.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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