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Example 55-69
lisyeṅ Sesil — Madan pe marye ser mo kuzeṅ so madam
lisyeṅ
dog
Sesil
Cécile
—
Madan
Madhun
pe
prog
marye
marry
ser
sister
mo
1sg
.
poss
kuzeṅ
cousin
so
3sg
.
poss
madam
woman
Cécile's dog OR: the dog of Cécile — Madhun is marrying my cousin's wife's sister. OR: Madhun is marrying the sister of my cousin's wife.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baker 1972
: 83-84
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of possessor noun phrases: No marking
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