Datapoint Guyanais/Existential verb and transitive possession verb
The transitive possession verb ganyen is often reduced to gen; the existential verb is almost always reduced to gen.
Values 
Identity
- Example 52-31:
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yé gen roun liv; liv-yayé3plgenhaverounaliv;bookliv-yabook-pl.defThey have a book. The books.
- Example 52-82:
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mo té ganyen trwa timounmoItépstganyenhavetrwathreetimounchildrenI had three children.
Source: Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
- Example 52-83:
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gen manjé asou tab-agenthere.ismanjéfoodasouontab-atable-artThere is (some) food on the table.
- Confidence:
- Very certain