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Example 1-40
Huklossi
ju wanni?
O=krosi
which=cloth
yu
2sg
wani.
want
What kind of cloth would you like?
German:
Was vor Zeug willst du? [op.cit.]
Comment:
The question particle
hu/o
cannot appear on its own; it is either part of a question word or, as in this case, precedes an open class content word, here the noun
krosi
.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 68
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
Interrogative pronouns: Four compound expressions
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