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Example 1-174
Mi tatta de worko teh tideh,
kaba
mi de worko
tu.
Mi
1sg
tata
father
de
asp
wroko
work
te
until
tide,
today
kaba
and
mi
1sg
de
asp
wroko
work
tu.
too
My father is working until today and I keep working too.
Comment:
This example shows the verbal conjunctor
kaba
.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 48
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity and differentiation
Focus particle ‘also’: Non-adjacent following
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