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Example 1-112
Effi a ben jeri, a
ben sa
komm.
Efi
if
a
3sg
.
sbj
ben
pst
yere,
hear
a
3sg
.
sbj
ben
pst
sa
fut
kon.
come
If he had heard, he would have come.
German:
Wenn ers gehört hätte, so würde er kommen. [op.cit.]
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 15
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: Tense-Mood-Aspect
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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