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Example 1-177
Effi hem no wan ougri somma, wi no ben sa gi hem abra na ju.
Efi
if
en
3sg
no
neg
wan
indf
.
sg
ogri
evil
soma,
person
wi
1pl
no
neg
ben
pst
sa
fut
gi
give
en
3sg
abra
over
na
to
yu.
2sg
If he weren't an evil person, we wouldn't have handed him over to you.
Comment:
This example shows nominal predication without copula, in this case with negation; it is conditional but not marked as such.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 271
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Variable copula
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