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Example 64-163
máfi le íta muftá?
máfi
neg
.
exist
le
to
íta
2sg
muftá?
key
Don’t you have the key (lit. There is to you no key)?
Comment:
This exemplifies a conjunctional possessive construction with
le
(only in interrogative phrases).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 180
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Locational
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