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Example 1-173
Joe buy gi wini
en
takki homan potti taffele.
Yu
2sg
boi
boy
gi
give
wini
wine
èn
and
taki
say
uma
woman
poti
put
tafra.
table
You boy, serve some wine and tell the women to set the table.
Dutch:
Jongen geef Wyn en zeg de Meiden datze de Tafel dekken. [op.cit.]
Comment:
This example shows the verbal conjunctor
en
, of which Schumann (1783) notes that it is Bakratongo; it is not uncommon in several sources however.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 102
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity and differentiation
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