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Example 1-182
Ma nou a de dotti.
Ma
but
now
now
a
3sg
.
sbj
de
asp
doti.
be(come).dirty
But now it is being/getting dirty.
Dutch:
Maar teegenwoordig zyn ze Vuil. [op.cit.]
Comment:
Adjectival predication with
de
functions possibly as imperfective aspect marker rather than copula.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 101
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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