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Example 1-67
(wan) soma; (wan)sani
(wan)
(
indf
.
sg
)
soma;
person
(wan)sani
(
indf
.
sg
)thing
someone; something
Comment:
This example is based, among others, on Schumann (1783: 160, 239, 240).
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 160, 239, 240
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Generic-noun-based indefinites
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