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Example 55-67
mo lisyeṅ-la li fin mord mwa
mo
1sg
.
poss
lisyeṅ-la
dog-
def
li
3sg
fin
compl
mord
bite
mwa
1sg
.
obj
My dog has bitten me. OR: That dog of mine has bitten me.
French:
Mon chien, il m'a mordu.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kriegel 1996
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
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