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Example 1-90
de negere fo disi pranasie
den
det
.
pl
nengre
black
fu
of
disi
this
pranasi
plantation
the blacks of this plantation
Dutch:
de Neegers van deeze Plantagie [op.cit.]
Comment:
When adnominal
disi
'this, these' precedes the noun, there is no article.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 79
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
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