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Example 66-36
Ini sapape bukpəðə? Go pe.
Ini
dem
sapa-pe
who-
poss
buk-pəðə?
book-
pl
Go-pe.
1sg
-
poss
Whose books are these? Mine.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
Independent pronominal possessors: Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
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