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Example 1-88
Paramakka
no fütti Bakkra belle, a tranga tumussi:
Ningre
kann jam hem.
Paramaka
paramaka
no
neg
fiti
be.fitting
bakra
white
beri,
stomach
a
3sg
.
sbj
tranga
be.strong
tumusi:
excessively
Nengre
black
kan
can
nyan
eat
en.
3sg
Paramaka (fruit) is not good for European stomachs, it is too strong. Blacks can eat it.
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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