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Example 1-187
Adea na tappoe.
A
3sg
.
sbj
dya
cop
na
loc
tapu.
top
It/(s)he is on top/upstairs.
Dutch:
T'is boven, hij is boven. [op.cit.]
Comment:
Exceptional: This example shows
dya
as copula preceding a locative phrase; only in Nepveu (1770) and Weygandt (1798).
Type:
written
Source:
Nepveu [1770] 1995
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
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