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Example 60-50
mbóngo na yé ekokí té; ya bísó mbóngo ekokí
mbóngo
money
na
of
yé
3sg
e-kok-í
3sg
.
inan
-can-
prs
.
prf
té;
neg
ya
of
bísó
1pl
mbóngo
money
e-kok-í
3sg
.
inan
-can-
prs
.
prf
His money is not sufficient, ours is.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Adpositional phrase following the possessum
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