Value Possessor-possessum

Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Order of possessor and possessum
References
Kouwenberg 1994: 159-163; Kouwenberg 2007: 45-46

Examples

  1. di jɛrma papa
    di
    the
    jɛrma
    woman
    papa
    father
    the woman's father

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 159

  2. di potman ʃi toro
    di
    the
    potɛ
    old
    man
    man
    ʃi
    3sg.poss
    toro
    eye
    the old man's eye

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 160