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Value Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Independent pronominal possessors
Examples
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.
Blanga im dijan!
Blanga
poss
im
3sg
dijan!
prox
:
adj
This is hers!
Ai gotim main.
Ai
1sg
got-im
have-
tr
main.
1sg
.
poss
I have mine.
Wanim reintaim im gro thet big intit, en yu ken luk thet flaua bla im yuno.
Wan=im
subord
=
3sg
rein-taim
rain-time
im
3sg
gro
grow
thet
dem
big
big
intit,
tag
en
and
yu
2sg
ken
can
luk
see
thet
dem
flaua
flower
bla
poss
im
3sg
yuno.
you.know
In the rain time it grows this high, doesn't it, and you can see its flower, you know.
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