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Value Transitive
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Predicative possession
References
Quint 2000
: 244-248
Examples
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
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. ten
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
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