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Example 1-170
Em tata
nanga
em mama dedee.
En
3sg
tata
father
nanga
with/and
en
3sg
mama
mother
dede.
be(come).dead
His father and his mother are dead.
Dutch:
Zyn ouders zyn dood. [op.cit.]
Comment:
The nominal conjunctor is
nanga
'with'.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798
: 88
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Overlap
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity and differentiation
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