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Example 1-76
Morro ju gi dem, morro dem haksi.
Moro
more
yu
2sg
gi
gi
den,
3pl
moro
more
den
3pl
aksi.
ask
The more you give them, the more they request.
German:
Je mehr du ihnen gibst, desto mehr fordern sie. [op.cit.]
Comment:
Here the 3PL pronoun
dem
appears once as subject and once as object.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 115
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
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