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Marking of pronominal possessors
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Preceding word Frequency: 77.8%
Example 29-63:
my boeke, julle huise
my
1sg
.
poss
boek-e,
book-s
julle
2pl
huis-e
house-s
my books, your houses
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum Frequency: 11.1%
Example 29-65:
ons se boeke, julle se boeke, hulle se boeke
ons
us
se
poss
boek-e,
book-
pl
julle
you.
pl
se
poss
boek-e,
book-
pl
hulle
they
se
poss
boek-e
book-
pl
our books, your (PL) books, their books
Source:
Ponelis 1993
: 230
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adpositional phrase following the possessum Frequency: 11.1%
Example 29-64:
daardie sustertjie van my, 'n boek van haar wat jy sal geniet
daardie
dist
.
dem
suster-tjie
sister-
dim
van
of
my,
1sg
.
poss
'n
a
boek
book
van
of
haar
3sg
.
poss
wat
what
jy
you
sal
shall
geniet
enjoy
that little sister of mine, a book of hers that you will enjoy
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Marking of pronominal possessors
Source:
Own knowledge
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