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Example 3-112
Hén we bì fufúu dí biífi dí mi mujée bì mandá dá mi.
Hén
3sg
we
foc
bì
tns
fufúu
steal
dí
def
.
sg
biífi
letter
dí
that
mi
1sg
mujée
woman
bì
tns
mandá
send
dá
give
mi.
1sg
HE had stolen the letter that my wife had sent to me.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 36
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
Focusing of the noun phrase: Fronting with particle after focus
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