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Example 3-126
di faka
ku di
mi bi koti di bɛɛɛ
di
def
.
sg
faka
knife
ku
with
di
that
mi
1sg
bi
tns
koti
cut
di
def
.
sg
bɛɛɛ
bread
the knife with which I cut the bread
Comment:
This pattern has only been observed with speakers from the Gaanse region, who are expatriates in the Netherlands (presumably due to contact with Dutch).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fieldwork data
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative pronoun with pied-piping
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