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Example 70-64
Tumar pas moto nai?
Tumar
2sg
.
poss
pas
near
moto
spear
nai?
neg
You don't have a spear?
Comment:
The postposition
pas
'near' governs the possessive form of its complement.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Siegel-field recording
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Locational
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