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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Marking of pronominal possessors
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Preceding word Frequency: 64.3%
Example 31-76:
El me tanbe e konhese
bu
mai, ku
bu
pai.
El
he
me
himself
tanbe
too
e
he
konhese
knows
bu
your
mai,
mum
ku
with
bu
your
pai.
father
He himself knows your mother and father.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adpositional phrase following the possessum Frequency: 35.7%
Example 31-77:
Nho Artur e ka era d’idadi di Djon
di bo
?
Nho
Mr
Artur
Arthur
e
is
ka
neg
era
was
d’idadi
of.age
di
of
Djon
Djon
di
of
bo?
yours
Isn't Mr Arthur of the same age as your Djon?
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Marking of pronominal possessors
Source:
nd
;
nd
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