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Value Possessum-possessor
Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Order of possessor and possessum
Examples
sistela ga lo ticha
sistela
sister
ga
poss
lo
def
.
art
ticha
teacher
the teacher's sister
baba ga mina
baba
father
ga
poss
mina
me
my father
See
Hopkins-Jenkins 1947
: 37
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.
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