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Marking of pronominal possessors
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Adpositional phrase following the possessum
Example 23-31:
grup blong mifala oli mas karem mi
grup
group
blong
poss
mifala
1pl
.
excl
oli
agr
mas
must
karem
carry/bring
mi
1sg
My group had to carry me.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-71:
oli putum long kakae blong mama blong mi
oli
agr
putum
put
long
prep
kakae
food
blong
poss
mama
mother
blong
poss
mi
1sg
[They] put [it] into my mother's food.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Marking of pronominal possessors
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
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