Value Identity

Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
References
Cardoso 2009

Examples

  1. Nə te nad.
    Nə
    neg
    te
    exist.npst
    nad.
    nothing
    No problem (lit. There is nothing).

    See Cardoso 2009: 157

  2. Nə Go yo te bastãt cousin i auntie.
    Nə
    loc
    Go
    Goa
    yo
    1sg
    te
    have.npst
    bastãt
    many
    <cousin>
    cousin
    i
    and
    <auntie>.
    auntie
    I have many cousins and aunties in Goa.

    See Cardoso 2009: 224

  3. Yo tiŋ doy võtad.
    Yo
    1sg
    t-iŋ
    have-pst
    doy
    two
    võtad.
    wish
    I was of two minds (lit. I had two wishes).

    See Cardoso 2009: 167

  4. ũ makak tiŋ i ũ crocodile.
    ũ
    one
    makak
    monkey
    t-iŋ
    exist-pst
    i
    and
    ũ
    one
    <crocodile>.
    crocodile
    [Once upon a time], there was a monkey and a crocodile.

    See Cardoso 2009: 225