Value Identity

Language:
Batavia Creole
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
References
Maurer 2011: 66, 67

Examples

  1. Ile teng ung kabalu.
    Ile
    he
    teng
    have
    ung
    a
    kabalu.
    horse
    He had a horse.

    See Maurer 2011: 66

  2. Nu meo di matu teng ung pos grandi.
    Nu
    in
    meo
    middle
    di
    of
    matu
    forest
    teng
    there.be
    ung
    a
    pos
    well
    grandi.
    big
    In the middle of the forest there was a big well.

    See Maurer 2011: 67