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Language:
Batavia Creole
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
References
Philippe 2011
: 66, 67
Examples
Ile
teng
ung kabalu.
Ile
he
teng
have
ung
a
kabalu.
horse
He had a horse.
See
Philippe 2011
: 66
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
Philippe 2011
: 67
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