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Example 1-41
Hoe zan joe za jari.
O=san
which=thing
yu
2sg
sa
fut
tyari.
carry
What will you bring?
Dutch:
Wat zel je meê brengen? [op.cit.]
Comment:
The question word is
(hu-)san(i)
; the question particle
hu/o
is not always present with the interrogative 'what'.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 34
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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