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Example 67-164
Sebelum ini, saya ada satu Indonesia minya gaji.
Sebelum
before
ini,
dem
saya
1sg
ada
have
satu
one
Indonesia
Indonesia
minya
attr
gaji.
worker
Before this, I had an Indonesian maid.
Comment:
Minya is a variant of punya. In this sentence, punya acts as a modifying marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 135
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
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