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Example 2-97
Efu mi
ben
gudu, mi
ben sa
bai wan oto.
Efu
If
mi
I
ben
pst
gudu,
rich
mi
I
ben
pst
sa
mod
bai
buy
wan
one
oto.
car
If I were rich, I would buy a car.
Comment:
ALL EXAMPLES FROM WINFORD (2000a) ARE FROM NATURAL CONVERSATIONS RECORDED IN 1994.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford 2002
: 409
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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