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Example 1-18
A trueh watra na inni vo wan tobbo.
A
3sg
.
sbj
trowe
throw
watra
water
na
loc
ini
in(side)
fu
of
wan
indf
.
sg
tobo.
tub
He threw water in a tub.
Comment:
Occasionally, the preposition
fu
intervenes between a specifying locative element such as
ini
'in(side)' and the following noun phrase. There is no semantic difference with cases without
fu
(cf. Example 10).
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 244
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
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