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Example 1-154
Mastra wini no de na battra.
Masra
master
wini
wine
no
neg
de
cop
na
loc
batra.
bottle
Master, there is no wine in the bottle.
Dutch:
Meester daar is geen Wyn in de Fles. [op.cit.]
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 61
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
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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