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Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Examples
Isredeh mi kau bringi wan mannpikin.
Isrede
yesterday
mi
1sg
kau
cow
bringi
deliver
wan
a
manpikin.
male.young
Yesterday my cow delivered a bull calf.
German:
Gestern hat meine Kuh ein Junges, ein Oechsgen geworfen. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 22
Da mastra tikki mi wyfi na nitti lange trange hay.
Da
det
.
sg
masra
master
teki
take
mi
1sg
wefi
wife
na
in
neti
night
nanga
with
tranga
strong
ai.
eye
The master took my wife during the night with force.
Dutch:
De Directeur het myn Vrouw met geweld in zyn Magt gekreegen en met geweld heeft hy by haar Geslaapen. [op.cit.]
See
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 74
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