Value Following word

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Marking of pronominal possessors
References
Nicholls 2006; Sandefur 1979

Examples

  1. Ai bin gajim det ki-holda main.
    Ai
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    gaj-im
    get-tr
    det
    dem
    ki-holda
    key-holder
    main.
    1sg.poss
    I got the key holder [of] mine.

    See Nicholls 2006: 2

  2. Bijilain main tharrei.
    Biji-lain
    fishing-line
    main
    1sg:poss
    tharr-ei.
    dist-dir
    My fishing line is there. (Said as a warning)
  3. Ngiyawula, thet the kantri main, G. mi kolim.
    Ngiyawula,
    prox:dir
    thet
    dem
    the
    eq.cop
    kantri
    country
    main,
    mine
    G.
    G.
    mi
    1pl
    kol-im.
    call-tr
    Over here, that’s my country, G. we call it.