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Example 54-168
Mwen nana en pti makatya.
Mwen
1sg
nana
have.
prs
en
indf
pti
small
makatya.
sweet.bun
I have a small sweet bun.
French:
J’ai un petit pain sucré.
Comment:
Makatya
is a word of Bantu origin.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 343
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
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