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Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Comitatives and instrumentals
References
van den Berg 2007
: 134
Examples
Dem nakki mi nanga wippi.
Den
3pl
naki
hit
mi
1sg
nanga
with
wipi.
whip
They beat me with the whip.
German:
Ich bin mit dem Peitschen-Stock geschlagen worden. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 47
[...] mi zote joe na hede
lange
da gon.
[...]
[...]
mi
1sg
sutu
shoot
yu
2sg
na
loc
hede
head
nanga
with
da
det
.
sg
gon.
gun
[...] I'd shoot you in the head with the gun.
Dutch:
[...] moest ik u met de Snaphaan voor de Kop schieten. [op.cit.]
See
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 81
Kon
nanga
mie.
Kon
come
nanga
with
mi.
1sg
Come with me.
Dutch:
Komt met my. [op.cit.]
See
Weygandt 1798
: 75
Kaba a kommoppo na bergi
nanga
dem.
Kaba
and
a
3sg
.
sbj
komopo
come.from
na
loc
bergi
mountain
nanga
with
den.
3pl
And he came down from the mountain with them.
See
Schumann 1781
: 57
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