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Example 2-261
En te den man dati e kon tapu a dan, dan den e law.
En
and
te
when
den
the.
pl
man
man
dati
dem
e
ipfv
kon
come
tapu
top
a
det
dan,
street
dan
then
den
3pl
e
imp
law.
crazy
And when those guys come out on the street, they go crazy.
Comment:
TEMPORAL CLAUSES WITH
TE
INDICATE IRREALIS OR HABITUAL (RECURRENT) EVENTS.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 2002
: 424
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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