Value Adpositional phrase following the possessum

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

Examples

  1. Imin oldei telim mi “givit bek langa im thet taka blanga im, yu bin takat naf, givit bek la thet beibi".
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    mi
    1sg
    “giv-it
    give-tr
    bek
    back
    langa
    loc
    im
    3sg
    thet
    dem
    taka
    tucker
    blanga
    dat/poss
    im,
    3sg
    yu
    2sg
    bin
    pst
    takat
    eat
    naf,
    enough
    giv-it
    give-tr
    bek
    back
    la
    loc
    thet
    dem
    beibi".
    baby
    She used to say to me "give it back to her, that food of hers, you have eaten enough, give it back to the baby".
  2. Thet min bos bla mibala. [...] Thet fo mibala bos. [...] Gunjumarra min bla mibala bos wanim tijing as yuno? [...] Mai big bos [...] Au bos wanim tijing as.
    Thet
    dem
    min
    mean
    bos
    boss
    bla
    dat/poss
    mibala.
    1pl.excl
    [...]
    [...]
    Thet
    dem
    fo
    dat/poss
    mibala
    1pl.excl
    bos.
    boss
    [...]
    [...]
    Gunjumarra
    boss
    min
    mean
    bla
    dat/poss
    mibala
    1pl.excl
    bos
    boss
    wan=im
    subord=3sg
    tij-ing
    teach-prog2
    as
    1pl.excl.obj
    yuno?
    you.know
    [...]
    [...]
    Mai
    1sg.poss
    big
    big
    bos
    boss
    [...]
    [...]
    Au
    1pl.excl.poss
    bos
    boss
    wan=im
    subord=3sg
    tij-ing
    teach-prog2
    as.
    1pl.excl.obj
    (That means) our boss/teacher, that's our boss, gunjumarra means our boss who is teaching us you know? [...] My big boss [...] Our boss who is teaching us.
  3. Meit bla im bin singat la im na.
    Meit
    mate
    bla
    dat/poss
    im
    3sg
    bin
    pst
    singat
    sing.out
    la
    loc
    im
    3sg
    na.
    now
    His mate called out to him then.
  4. Im no bin ladim enibodi tatjim dat faiya bla im en imin oldei nesimbat tu dat faiya.
    Im
    3sg
    no
    neg
    bin
    pst
    lad-im
    let-tr
    enibodi
    anybody
    tatj-im
    touch-tr
    dat
    dem
    faiya
    fire
    bla
    dat/poss
    im
    3sg
    en
    and
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always
    nes-im-bat
    nurse-tr-prog
    tu
    too
    dat
    dem
    faiya.
    fire
    He wouldn't let anybody touch his fire. He always kept it with him.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  5. Tharran na Dadi bla yu.
    Tharran
    dist:adj
    na
    now
    Dadi
    daddy
    bla
    dat/poss
    yu.
    2sg
    That one [is] your Daddy! (identifying a referent)