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Example 2-105
Ma yu no
e
man onthou ala den tori so moro.
Ma
but
yu
you
no
neg
e
ipfv
man
can
onthou
remember
ala
all
den
the.
pl
tori
story
so
so
moro.
more
But you can't remember all the stories anymore.
Comment:
ALL EXAMPLES FROM WINFORD (2000a) ARE FROM NATURAL CONVERSATIONS RECORDED IN 1994.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
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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