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Example 2-100
Efu John ben de dya, a
ben sa e
sribi now.
Efu
if
John
John
ben
pst
de
cop
dya,
here
a
3sg
ben
pst
sa
mood
e
ipfv
sribi
sleep
now.
now
If John were here, he would be sleeping now.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford transcripts
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: Tense-Mood-Aspect
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