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Example 3-6
A kumutu a di wosu dɛndu.
A
3sg
kumutu
come.out
a
prep
di
def
.
sg
wosu
house
dɛndu.
inside
He came out of the house.
Comment:
Complex prepositional constructions in Saramaccan are sometimes mistakenly analyzed as postpositions.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork data
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
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