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Example 56-11
La marto son de lizye i lo son laloup.
La
there
marto
hammerhead.shark
son
3sg
.
poss
de
two
lizye
eye
i
pm
lo
on
son
3sg
.
poss
laloup.
extension
There, the eyes of the hammerhead shark are on the tips of the extensions of his head.
French:
Le marteau, ses yeux sont sur sa loupe. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 225)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 224
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
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