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Example 53-150
Si mo di "vou" sa se vo kou m e parle pou voken e si mo di "Sa se mo kou" m e parle pou moken.
Si
if
mo
1sg
di
say
"vou"
2sg
sa
that
se
cop
vo
2sg
.
poss
kou
neck
m
1sg
e
prog
parle
speak
pou
for
vo-ken
2sg
.
poss
-
poss
e
and
si
if
mo
1sg
di
say
"Sa
that
se
cop
mo
1sg
.
poss
kou"
neck
m
1sg
e
prog
parle
speak
pou
for
mo-ken.
1sg
.
poss
-
poss
If I say "you", that's your neck, I'm talking about yours, and if I say "That's my neck", I'm talking about mine.
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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