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Example 41-121
mil mɛnijarsu inda uŋ kaaza teenski?
mil
mill
mɛnijar-su
manager-
gen
inda
yet
uŋ
one
kaaza
house
teen=ski?
be=
report
Does the mill manager say he has another house?
Comment:
The sense here is "Does the mill manager say he knows of another house?"
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 1438
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Genitive
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