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Example 68-91
Beta ada pung karja banya.
Beta
1sg
ada
prog
pung
have
karja
work
banya.
much
I have lots of work.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 161
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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