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Example 1-233
Dem no sa lussu hem na Sabba vo da tetei,
nanga dissi
Satan ben tai hem tin na aiti jari?
Den
3pl
no
neg
sa
fut
lusu
set.free
en
3sg
na
at
Sabat
Sabbath
fu
from
da
det
.
sg
t'tei,
rope
nanga
with
disi
rel
Satan
Satan
ben
pst
tai
tie
en
3sg
tin
ten
na
at
aiti
eight
yari?
year
Shouldn't she be set free at the Sabbath from the rope with which Satan has been tying her up for eighteen years?
Comment:
The preposition
nanga
'with' precedes the relative marker
disi
.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 177
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative pronoun with pied-piping
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