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Language:
Chinuk Wawa
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
Examples
mákmak mitlayt kápa latáb
mákmak
food
mitlayt
sit
kápa
prep
latáb
table
There is food on the table.
náyka t'úwən kyútan
náyka
1sg
t'úwən
have
kyútan
horse
I have a horse.
úkuk úlman yáka t’ú’wan yúlkat labárb
úkuk
that
úlman
old
yáka
3sg
t’ú’wan
have
yúlkat
long
labárb
beard
That old man has a long beard.
See
Jacobs 1936
: 15
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