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Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
Examples
Djon
tene
un bisikleta.
Djon
John
tene
have
un
one
bisikleta.
bike
John has a bike.
Portuguese:
O João tem uma bicicleta.
See
Peck et al. 1988
: 36
I ten
un minjer ki
tene
um fiju-femea.
I
3sg
ten
exist
un
one
minjer
woman
ki
who
tene
have
um
one
fiju-femea.
child-female
There’s a woman who has a daughter.
Portuguese:
Há uma mulher que tem uma filha.
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