Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Value Preceding word
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Marking of pronominal possessors
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 159-163
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 45-46
Examples
ɛkɛ; ju; ori; ʃi; enʃi/iʃi; jɛndɛ; eni/ini wari
ɛkɛ;
1sg
ju;
2sg
ori;
3sg
ʃi;
3sg
.
poss
enʃi/iʃi;
1pl
jɛndɛ;
2pl
eni/ini
3pl
wari
house
my; your; his, her, its; our; your(PL); their house
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 169
ori mamɛtɛ ʃi papa
ori
3sg
mama
mother
mɛtɛ
with
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
papa
father
her mother and her father
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 160
ori ʃi awawap da mosli kurkur, kurkur kɛnap
ori
3sg
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
awawa-apu
grandfather-
pl
da
cop
mosli
mostly
kurkuru,
black
kurkuru
black
kɛnɛ-apu
person-
pl
Her grandparents were mostly black, black people.
See
Kouwenberg 1992
: 160
ori ʃi bwa naŋnaŋwan ɛkɛ arum bwa kibakiba
ori
3sg
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
bwa
leg
nangwa-nangwa
long-long
an
and
ɛkɛ
1sg
arum
poor
bwa
leg
kiba-kiba
short-short
His legs are long and my poor legs are short.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 161
×