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Example 1-32
Joe lau te moesi.
Yu
2sg
law
mad
tumusi.
very.much
You are really mad.
Dutch:
Je bent al te gek. [op.cit.]
Comment:
This example shows adjectival predication without copula. Note that the degree adverb
tumusi
follows
law
, as is typically the case with verbs.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 22
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word follows adjective
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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