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Example 2-280
Mi
tu
no erken, dati meki mi e tyari Miller.
Mi
1sg
tu
also
no
neg
erken,
admit
dati
that
meki
make
mi
1sg
e
ipfv
tyari
carry
Miller.
Miller
I too wasn’t acknowledged (as someone’s child), that’s why I go by the name of Miller.
Comment:
Erken
is taken from Dutch.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 13-a
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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