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Example 27-12
An sini a sing een sang.
An
and
sini
3pl
a
pst
sing
sing
een
indf
sang.
song
And they sang a song.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 16
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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