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Example 2-212
Di a bromfiets lon drei, mi ben abi fu pusu en go na oso.
Di
when
a
the.
sg
bromfiets
motorbike
lon
run
drei,
dry
mi
1sg
ben
pst
abi
have
fu
to
pusu
push
en
3sg
go
go
na
loc
oso.
house
When the motorbike ran out of gas, I had to push it home.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Anonymous 1998-1999
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Serial verb construction plus preposition
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