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Value Accusative alignment
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Examples
A bossi hem.
A
3sg
.
sbj
bosi
kiss
en.
3sg
S/he kissed him/her. In context: He [Judas] kissed him [Jesus].
See
Schumann 1781
: 264
Ju tikri mi.
Yu
2sg
tigri
tickle
mi.
1sg
You're tickling me.
German:
Du kützelst mich. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 182
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
A wakka go na Galileakondre, ma a no go na Nazareth.
A
3sg
.
sbj
waka
travel
go
go
na
loc
Galileakondre,
Galilee.country
ma
but
a
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
go
go
na
loc
Nazareth.
Nazareth
He travelled to Galilee, but he did not go to Nazareth.
See
Schumann 1781
: 45
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