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Example 9-71
I hyad ova
i
hɛd.
I
3sg
.
f
hyad
hide
ova
over
i
3sg
.
f
hɛd.
head
She hides overhead. OR: She hides in the tree tops.
Comment:
over her head
'overhead'
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 43
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
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