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Example 1-87
Sikiman
no musse jam, ma a musse dringi pappa.
Sikiman
sick.
nmlz
no
neg
musu
must
nyan,
eat
ma
but
a
3sg
.
sbj
musu
must
dringi
drink
papa.
porridge
A sick person should not eat, but s/he should drink porridge.
Comment:
While the bare noun
sikiman
is neutral with regard to number by itself: In this case there is an anaphoric singular pronoun
a
in the following clause.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 130
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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