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Example 1-52
Hem da wan va dem tin na tu Discipel.
En
3sg
da
cop
wan
one
fu
of
den
det
.
pl
tin
ten
na
at
tu
two
Disipri.
disciple
He is one of the twelve Disciples.
Comment:
The dependent 3SG subject form
a
cannot appear before the copula
da
; instead, the independent 3SG form
hem/en
appears, or no pronoun, with
da
as clause-introducing copula [it.be] (see also Feature 73 "Predicative noun phrases").
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 264
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Only dependent subject forms
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