yrrepaicila | Re: Pronomes ????
From what I know of pidgins they'd pretty much say "belong" this
and "belong" that, "belonginess" seems important. But that aside I
see no difference or need to differentiate between a "teacher
pencil" a pencil that belongs to Teacher, or a "teacher pencil" a
pencil which is made for the use of teachers only, probably a big
thick red lead pencil :)
Alicia "Delicia" Perry
--- In europidgin@y..., Kevin Smith <yahoogroups@q...> wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 05:24, James Chandler wrote:
> > It is not part of the prototype, but creoles seem to have a
preference for
> > using the unmodified pronoun before the sb. for the possessive,
eg.
> > Papiamentu 'mi brel' my glasses (lit. 'me glasses', cp. Popular
London
> > English), 'bos auto' your car (lit. 'you (sing.) car').
>
> Excellent point. Would this pattern work for non-pronouns as well?
In
> other words, if you allow:
>
> you pencil
>
> for "your pencil", would you also allow
>
> teacher pencil
>
> ? And if so, how do you distinguish the teacher's pencil from a
> teacher-type pencil (one that was designed for a teacher)?
>
> Kevin