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Example 35-2
poto di nfenu
poto
door
di
of
nfenu
hell
hell’s door
Comment:
When the possessum is consonant-initial, genitive
di
‘of’ is optional.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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