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Example 9-76
Mi en Luis ʤom ina
mya,
may big dori, en bruda ina wan li wan.
Mi
me
en
and
Luis
Lewis
ʤom
jump
ina
in
mya,
mine
may
my
big
big
dori,
dorey
en
and
bruda
brother
ina
in
wan
one
li
little
wan.
one
Me and Lewis jumped into mine, my big canoe, and my brother in a small one.
Comment:
This example illustrates both the independent (
mya
'mine') and the dependent (
may dori
'my dori') possessors.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special pronoun form
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