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Example 1-1
Isredeh mi kau bringi wan mannpikin.
Isrede
yesterday
mi
1sg
kau
cow
bringi
deliver
wan
a
manpikin.
male.young
Yesterday my cow delivered a bull calf.
German:
Gestern hat meine Kuh ein Junges, ein Oechsgen geworfen. [op.cit.]
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 22
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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