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Example 9-147
Bra fayaflay im gat layt bra anansi no gat no layt.
Bra
Brother
fayaflay
Firefly
im
3sg
gat
got
layt
light
bra
Brother
anansi
Anansi
no
neg
gat
got
no
neg
layt.
light
Brother Firefly had a light, but Brother Anansi didn't have any light.
Comment:
'Got' is often used for possession.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: CD
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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