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Existential verb and transitive possession verb
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Example 3-95:
Buku dɛ.
Buku
book
dɛ.
be
There is a book.
Example 3-96:
Mi abi wan buku.
Mi
1sg
abi
have
wan
indf
buku.
book
I have a book.
Confidence:
Unspecified
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
Source:
Fieldwork data
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