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Example 62-34
vaʔinyí véáta iʔí ní vaghó
vaʔinyi
children
vé-ata
2-be
iʔí
here
ní
is
va-ghó
2-my
The children here are mine.
Comment:
Note that the possessive does not agree when used attributively but it does (in noun class) when it is used predicatively.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field data 1993
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special pronoun form
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