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Example 1-137
Ope
windels!
Opo
open
windels!
window
Open the windows!
Dutch:
Doet de Vensters open.
Comment:
This is an example of an affirmative imperative 2SG. Imperatives can be marked explicitly for singular or plural reference by means of the 2SG pronoun
yu (ju)
or the 2PL pronoun
unu (oenoe)
preceding the verb.
Type:
written
Source:
Herlein 1718
: 123
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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