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Example 4-65
Speaker_A: Sama abi a wagi ya? – Speaker_B: A fu mi.
Speaker_A:
Speaker_
a
:
Sama
who
abi
have
a
det
.
sg
wagi
car
ya?
dem
–
–
Speaker_B:
Speaker_B:
A
foc
fu
poss
mi.
me
Speaker A: Whose car is this? – Speaker B: It's mine.
Comment:
The focalizer/presentative marker
(n)a
is obligatory.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own observation
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
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