Value Possessum-possessor

Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Order of possessor and possessum

Examples

  1. sistela ga lo ticha
    sistela
    sister
    ga
    poss
    lo
    def.art
    ticha
    teacher
    the teacher's sister
  2. baba ga mina
    baba
    father
    ga
    poss
    mina
    me
    my father

    See Hopkins-Jenkins 1947: 37

  3. Lo tombi lo wena bukile yena izolo lapa simin, yena sistela ga lo Bobby.
    Lo
    def.art
    tombi
    girl
    lo
    rel
    wena
    you
    bukile
    see.pst
    yena
    her
    izolo
    yesterday
    lapa
    loc.prep
    simin,
    field
    yena
    she
    sistela
    sister
    ga
    poss
    lo
    def.art
    Bobby.
    Bobby
    The girl that you saw in the field yesterday is Bobby's sister. OR: The girl, the one who you saw in the field yesterday, is Bobby's sister.