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Value Adpositional or case marking of possessor
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Marking of possessor noun phrases
References
Bruyn 1995a
: 219
;
van den Berg 2007
: 35
Examples
No jam da janjam
va da boom
, a ougri.
No
neg
nyan
eat
da
det
.
sg
n'nyan
fruit
fu
of
da
det
.
sg
bon,
tree
a
3sg
.
sbj
ogri.
be.bad
Don't eat the fruit of that tree, it's harmful.
German:
Iss nicht die Frucht dieses Baums, sie ist schädlich. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 128
Dem sa moessoe callie neem foe alla den hedieman
foe dem condre
.
Den
3pl
sa
fut
musu
must
kali
call
nen
name
fu
of
ala
all
den
det
.
pl
hedeman
head
fu
of
den
3pl
/
det
.
pl
kondre.
village
They will have to mention the names of all the captains of the/their villages.
See
SPT 1762
: 180
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