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Example 2-118
Efu yu
no
wroko, dan you
no o
nyan, tog.
Efu
if
yu
you
no
neg
wroko,
work
dan
then
you
you
no
neg
o
fut
nyan,
eat
tog.
tag
If you don’t work, then you won’t eat, right?
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
: 412
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, progressive, and current state
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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