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Example 1-59
Hoe zomma kalle mi.
O=soma
q
=person
kari
call
mi.
1sg
Who's calling me?
Dutch:
Wie roept myn. [op.cit.]
Comment:
The question word is
(hu-)soma
; the question element
hu/o
is not always present with the interrogative 'who'.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 23
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: Four compound expressions
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