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Example 1-140
Hoe fa den homan no potti melki na koffi.
O=fa
q
=manner
den
det
.
pl
uma
woman
no
neg
poti
put
merki
milk
na
loc
kofi.
coffee
Why didn't the maids bring some milk with the coffee?
Dutch:
Waarom hebben de Meiden geen Melk by de Koffi gezet? [op.cit.]
Comment:
Here
den homan
(PL) is a transitive subject (A).
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 73
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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