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Special pronoun form
Example 26-48:
wad dis? maɪn
wad
what
dis?
dem
maɪn
pro
.
poss
What's this? It's mine.
Example 26-49:
ju kæn hæv dæd wan; iz jɔz dæd wan
ju
2sg
kæn
can
hæv
have
dæd
dem
wan;
one
iz
cop
jɔz
pro
.
poss
dæd
dem
wan
one
You can have that one. That one is yours.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Feature:
Independent pronominal possessors
Source:
Own fieldwork recording
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