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Example 1-2
Da mastra tikki mi wyfi na nitti lange trange hay.
Da
det
.
sg
masra
master
teki
take
mi
1sg
wefi
wife
na
in
neti
night
nanga
with
tranga
strong
ai.
eye
The master took my wife during the night with force.
Dutch:
De Directeur het myn Vrouw met geweld in zyn Magt gekreegen en met geweld heeft hy by haar Geslaapen. [op.cit.]
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 74
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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