Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online

Value Possessum-possessor

Language:

Gullah

Parameter:

Order of possessor and possessum

Examples

1. Now de axe ta de foot ob de tree.

   Now

   now

   de

   the

   axe

   axe

   ta

   to

   de

   the

   foot

   foot

   ob

   of

   de

   the

   tree.

   tree

   (And) now (also) the axe (is laid) unto the root of the trees. (Lk 3.9)

   See Anonymous 2005: 203