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Example 8-195
Di nieba-dem ous wash we ina di laas flod.
Di
det
nieba-dem
neighbor-
pl
ous
house
wash
wash
we
away
ina
in
di
det
laas
last
flod.
flood
The neighbours’ house got washed away in the last flood.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
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