Value Identity

Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb

Examples

  1. Jan gat wahn haas.
    Jan
    John
    gat
    have
    wahn
    a
    haas.
    horse
    John has a horse.
  2. Yu gat som pikni we brok bad.
    Yu
    2sg
    gat
    have
    som
    some
    pikni
    child
    we
    rel
    brok
    break
    bad.
    bad
    There are some children who are spoilt.
  3. Yu gat wahn man a Klarindan we kyahn tel yu a huu obya yu.
    Yu
    2sg
    gat
    have
    wahn
    indf
    man
    man
    a
    loc
    Klarindan
    Clarendon
    we
    rel
    kyahn
    can
    tel
    tell
    yu
    2sg
    a
    foc
    huu
    who
    obya
    witchcraft
    yu.
    you
    There is a man in Clarendon who can tell you who used witchcraft against you.