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Example 1-188
Na hupeh ju tatta?
Na
loc
o=pe
q
=place
yu
2sg
tata?
father
Where is your father?
Comment:
This example shows locative predication in an interrogative phrase without a copula.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 136
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
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