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Example 1-96
fossi
deh worko;
tu
deh worko
fosi
first
de
day
wroko;
work
tu
two/second
de
day
wroko
work
Monday (lit. first working day), Tuesday (lit. second working day)
German:
Montag, Dienstag [op.cit.]
Comment:
Ordinal
fosi
'first' is unrelated to cardinal
wan
'one'. All other cardinal numerals may function as ordinals when adnominal, like
tu
in this example.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 28
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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