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Example 2-111
Efu pikinso wan druppel nomo kisi yu skin, yu skin
e
bron.
Efu
if
pikin-so
little-so
wan
one
druppel
drop
nomo
only
kisi
catch
yu
your
skin,
skin
yu
your
skin
skin
e
ipfv
bron.
burn
If even so much as a drop touches your skin, it burns.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
: 398
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive, habitual, and current state
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