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Example 3-36
Di makuka
ta dɛ ku miii a baka.
Di
def
.
sg
makuka
monkey
ta
asp
dɛ
be
ku
with
miii
child
a
loc
baka.
back
The monkey carries its child on its back.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 8
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Singular noun phrase with definite article
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