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Example 1-166
[...] mi zote joe na hede
lange
da gon.
[...]
[...]
mi
1sg
sutu
shoot
yu
2sg
na
loc
hede
head
nanga
with
da
det
.
sg
gon.
gun
[...] I'd shoot you in the head with the gun.
Dutch:
[...] moest ik u met de Snaphaan voor de Kop schieten. [op.cit.]
Comment:
The preposition
nanga
here expresses instrumental 'with'.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 81
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
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