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Example 44-136
Tyéni tyénda mihótro.
Tyéni
have
tyénda
shop
mihótro.
we
We had a shop.
Comment:
We have past reference from the narrative context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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