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Example 1-153
No wan hai watra dea.
No
neg
wan
one
ai
eye
watra
water
dya.
here
There is no drop of water here.
German:
Es ist kein Tropfen Wasser hier. [op.cit.]
Comment:
Ad Features 75 "Predicative locative phrases" and 78 "Existential verb and transitive possession verb": This illustrates the general absence of the copula
de
before
dya
'here'.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 56
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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