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Value Verb – object – adverb
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
Examples
Ju lai da boto
tumussi.
Yu
2sg
lai
load
da
det
.
sg
boto
boat
tumusi.
excessively
You overload the boat.
German:
Du beladest das Boot allzusehr. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 97
Mi zi joe
noefetrom.
Mi
1sg
si
see
yu
2sg
nofotron.
often
I see you often.
Dutch:
Ik zie haar dikwils. [op.cit.]
See
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 6
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