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Example 2-260
Di mi doro na oso esde, mi brada gi mi moni.
Di
when
mi
1sg
doro
arrive
na
loc
oso
house
esde,
yesterday
mi
my
brada
brother
gi
give
mi
1sg
moni.
money
When I got home yesterday, my brother gave me money.
Comment:
TEMPORAL CLAUSES WITH
DI
INDICATE ACTUAL (PAST) EVENTS.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 2002
: 405
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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