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Example 2-122
A kamra kowru bikaa me
opo
a fensre.
A
the
kamra
room
kowru
cold
bikaa
because
me
I
opo
open
a
the
fensre.
window
The room is cold because I opened the window.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
: 395
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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