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Example 27-97
Am a wēs di guardian fo di lion sinu.
Am
3sg
a
pst
wēs
be
di
det
guardian
guardian
fo
for
di
det
lion
lion
sinu.
3pl
He was the guardian for the lions.
Comment:
Guardian
and
lion
are taken from English.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 42
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Overlap
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