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Example 49-4
Mwen wè machin wouj Mari a.
Mwen
1sg
wè
see
machin
car
wouj
red
Mari
Marie
a.
def
I saw Marie's red car.
French:
J'ai vu la voiture rouge de Marie.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
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Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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