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Example 1-31
Lampo de fulu tumussi, a de go passa abra.
Lampu
lamp
de
ipfv
furu
full
tumusi,
too.much
a
3sg
.
sbj
de
ipfv
go
go
pasa
pass
abra.
over
The lamp is (getting) overfull, it is going to overflow.
German:
Die Lampe ist zu voll (Oehl), sie wird überlaufen. [op.cit.]
Comment:
Please note that
de
can be analyzed here as a progressive marker as well as a copula.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 132
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word follows adjective
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive marker
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