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Example 53-148
Vou konnen Chicago Cubs-ye? Sa se mokenn-ye sa, mo bet an ye.
Vou
2sg
konnen
know
<Chicago
Chicago
Cubs>-ye?
Cubs-
art
.
def
.
pl
Sa
dem
se
cop
mo-kenn-ye
1sg
.
poss
-
poss
-
pl
sa,
dem
mo
1sg
<bet>
bet
an
on
ye.
3pl
You know the Chicago Cubs? That's my (team), I bet on them (lit. Those are mine, I bet on them).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 213
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special word plus dependent pronominal possessor
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