Value Transitive

Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Predicative possession
References
Lang 2012; Quint 2000: 244-248

Examples

  1. Kel ómi la ten dinheru!
    Kel=ómi
    dem.sg=man
    la
    there
    ten
    have
    dinheru!
    money
    That man is rich (lit. That man has money)!
    German: Jener Mann hat [viel] Geld!

    See Lang 2002: s.v. ten

  2. Kel ómi la tene dinheru!
    Kel=ómi
    dem.sg=man
    la
    there
    tene
    have
    dinheru!
    money
    That man has money (with him)!

    See Quint 2000: 2