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Example 28-118
da boki o mja mɛ di gutu
da
cop
boki
money
o
2sg
mja
make
mɛtɛ
with
di
the
gutu
thing
(It) is money he makes with it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 42
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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