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Example 3-16
Só de bì
naa
béi sèmbè.
Só
so
de
3pl
bì
tns
naa
usually
béi
bury
sèmbè.
people
In this way they usually buried people.
Comment:
Naa
is an adverb meaning 'still', 'usually'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 26
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Marking of patient noun phrases: No marking of patient NPs
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