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Example 1-183
Mie dee piekienso swakkie jetee.
Mi
1sg
de
cop
pikinso
little
swaki
weak
ete.
still
I'm still a bit weak.
Dutch:
Ik ben nog wat zwakjes. [op.cit.]
Comment:
This example shows adjectival predication with the copula
dee
; the occurrence of the degree adverb
piekienso
between
dee
and
swakkie
excludes a reading of
dee
as aspect marker and of
swakkie
as verbal.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798
: 97
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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