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Example 2-87
Den bigi suma taki yu kan kibri yu granmama bere.
Den
The.
pl
bigi
big
suma
person
taki
say
yu
2sg
kan
can
kibri
cover
yu
2sg
granmama
grandma
bere.
belly
The older folk say you can hide your grandmother’s belly.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 2000
: 80
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of possessor noun phrases: No marking
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