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Order of possessor and possessum
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Possessum-possessor
Example 23-2:
[...] Rablar, olsem klos blong em we hemi blong lif blong banana we i drae.
[...]
[...]
Rablar,
Rablar
olsem
like
klos
clothes
blong
poss
em
3sg
we
rel
hemi
3sg
.
agr
blong
poss
lif
leaf
blong
poss
banana
banana
we
rel
i
agr
drae.
dry
[...] [They wear] "Rablar", or (as it were) his clothes that are made of dry banana leaf.
Source:
Meyerhoff 1998
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Order of possessor and possessum
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
;
Meyerhoff 2000a
;
Meyerhoff 2003
;
Meyerhoff 2008
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