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Example 2-259
Fa un doro un bigin wroko.
Fa
as.soon.as
un
1pl
doro
arrive
un
1pl
bigin
begin
wroko.
work
As soon as we arrived, we began to work.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wilner 1992
: 23
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling in temporal clauses: Verb doubling is not possible in temporal clauses
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