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Example 1-95
Na wan a ben gi feifi Talent, na da tarrawan tu, na di vo dri a gi wan, no morro.
Na
to
wan
one
a
3sg
.
sbj
ben
pst
gi
give
feifi
five
talent,
talent
na
to
da
the
tarawan
other.one
tu,
two
na
to
di
this
fu
of
dri
three
a
3sg
.
sbj
gi
give
wan,
one
no
neg
moro.
more
To one he gave five talents, to the other one two, to the third one he gave one, no more.
Comment:
With pronominal ordinal numerals other than
fosiwan
'first', one option is
di fu
.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 239
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: Cardinal and ordinal numerals are identical except for ‘one’ and ‘first’
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