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Example 1-122
Wi
de
jam nanga makandra vo kroboi.
Wi
1pl
de
ipfv
nyan
eat
nanga
with
makandra
each.other
fu
for
kroboi.
goodbye
We eat with each other the farewell diner.
German:
Wir halten die Abschiedsmahlzeit [op.cit.]
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 92
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, progressive, and current state
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