Value Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum

Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Parameter:
Marking of pronominal possessors

Examples

  1. Go pe bapa paipaagi abau.
    Go-pe
    1sg-poss
    bapa
    father
    pai~paagi
    red.morning
    a-bau.
    prs-get.up
    My father gets up very early.
  2. Loorampe biini pe bapa datangeliyat sin? Təra, go pe bapa jo kitang yang datang e-liyat.
    Loorang-pe
    2sg.hon-poss
    biini-pe
    wife-poss
    bapa
    father
    datang-e-liyat
    come-asp-see
    sin?
    q
    Təra
    no
    go-pe
    1sg-poss
    bapa-jo
    father-foc
    kitang-yang
    1pl-acc.def
    datang-e-liyat.
    come-asp-see
    Has your wife’s father visited us? No, MY father has visited us.