Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Datapoint
Casamancese Creole
/
Independent pronominal possessors
The pattern with the preposition is the minority pattern for dependent pronominal possessors.
Values
Show/hide details
Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
Example 34-56:
Bu libru ma
di sol
gros.
Bu
poss
.
2sg
libru
book
ø
pfv
ma
more
di
of
sol
poss
.
3sg
gros.
thick
Your book is thicker than his/hers.
Example 34-57:
E libru di keŋ? –
Di mi
.
E
dem
libru
book
di
of
keŋ?
who
–
–
Di
of
mi.
poss
.
1sg
Whose book is this? – [It is] mine.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Language:
Casamancese Creole
Feature:
Independent pronominal possessors
Source:
Own knowledge
×