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Marking of pronominal possessors
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Preceding word Frequency: 50.0%
Example 7-97:
mi moni
mi
1sg
moni
money
my money
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 87
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum Frequency: 50.0%
Example 7-96:
fomi moni
fo-mi
for-
1sg
moni
money
my money
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 87
Example 7-98:
fodem pikni
fo-dem
for-
3pl
pikni
child
their child(ren)
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 158
Example 7-99:
Hi se mi kuhm an peint uhp fohi vihikl.
Hi
3sg
se
say
mi
1sg
kuhm
come
an
and
peint
paint
uhp
up
fo-hi
for-
3sg
vihikl.
vehicle
He said I painted up his vehicle.
Source:
Prescod 2004
: A16
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Feature:
Marking of pronominal possessors
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 155-162
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