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Example 2-156
Dan mi taki ai, a no pikinso alen fadon.
Dan
then
mi
1sg
taki
say
ai,
yes
a
it
no
neg
pikinso
a.little
alen
rain
fadon.
fall
Then I said, ‘well, it rained a lot.' (Lit. 'it wasn't just a little rain that fell')
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford data, Tape 30-a
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: Rain falls
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