Value Differentiation

Language:
Juba Arabic
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb

Examples

  1. ána éndu bit
    ána
    1sg
    éndu
    have
    bit
    daughter
    I have a daughter.

    See Manfredi 2005: 178

  2. fi nas bifékir ínu ma kwes kéda
    fi
    exist
    nas
    people
    bi=fékir
    irr=think
    ínu
    comp
    ma
    neg
    kwes
    good
    kéda
    like.this
    There are people who think that it is not good this way.
  3. tijára abáo le zol al ma éndu róksa
    tijára
    business
    abáo
    forbid\pass
    le
    to
    zol
    individual
    al
    rel
    ma
    neg
    éndu
    have
    róksa
    permission
    Business is forbidden to the one who doesn’t have a permission.

    See Manfredi 2005: 143