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Example 2-104
Dus suma pikin e musu meki muyti.
Dus
so
suma
person
pikin
small
e
ipfv
musu
must
meki
make
muyti.
effort
So the children must do their best.
Comment:
ALL EXAMPLES FROM WINFORD (2000a) ARE FROM NATURAL CONVERSATIONS RECORDED IN 1994.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
: 426
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
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