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Example 2-198
Mi no abi a bribi dati.
Mi
1sg
no
neg
abi
have
a
det
bribi
belief
dati.
dem
I don’t believe so.
Comment:
This is an example of transitive 'have'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 2002
: 413
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Overlap
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