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Example 3-147
I ké woóko, no?
I
2sg
ké
want
woóko,
work
no?
q
.
tag
Do you want to work?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 18
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
Polar questions: Final question particle
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