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Example 66-48
Lompe ruma bissar. Kitampe kiçil.
Lorang-pe
2sg
-
pol
ruma
house
bissar.
big
Kitang-pe
1pl
-
poss
kiçil.
small
Your house is big. Ours is small.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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