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Example 47-72
El a bula subi riba lomba di Cha Tiger.
E
3sg
a
pfv
bula
jump
subi
go.up
riba
on
lomba
back
di
of
Cha
Brother
Tiger.
Tiger
He jumped on Brother Tiger's back
Comment:
Cha
and
Shi
are the male and female forms of address used for particular characters in folk tales. The translation is mine.
Type:
literary source
Source:
Pinto 1965
: 18
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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