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Example 3-127
Di faka
di
mi koti di bɛɛɛ saapu.
Di
def
.
sg
faka
knife
di
that
mi
1sg
koti
cut
di
def
.
sg
bɛɛɛ
bread
saapu.
be.sharp
The knife that I cut the bread with is sharp.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork data
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Instrument meaning is left implicit
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