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Example 28-172
di pakɛkɛ paka fan di rum ben, ɛkɛ kiki di kɛna latoparo bringi
di
the
paka
emerge
ɛkɛ
1sg
paka
emerge
fan
from
di
the
rum
room
ben,
inside
ɛkɛ
1sg
kiki
see
di
the
kɛnɛ-apu
person-
pl
latopo-arɛ
lift-
ipfv
o
3sg
bringi
bring
As I came out of the room, I saw them carrying him here.
Comment:
Rum
'room' is a loan from Creolese.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 441
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling in temporal clauses: Verb doubling is possible in temporal clauses
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