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Example 75-204
Lii Kenayaen daan la Fraans pi li Kenadaa ayaawak.
Lii
art
.
pl
Kenayaen
French
daan
in
la
def
.
art
.
f
Fraans
France
pi
and
li
def
.
art
.
m
.
sg
Kenadaa
Canada
ayaa-wak.
be-
3pl
There are French people in France and Canada (lit. There are Canadians in France and Canada).
Comment:
The word
Kenayaen
(< Canadien) preserves the older meaning of 'French (Canadian)'.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 104
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Overlap
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