Value Preposition

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Coming from named places

Examples

  1. Jesus komm bakka va riba Jordan.
    Yesus
    Jesus
    kon
    come
    baka
    back
    fu
    from
    riba
    river
    Yordan.
    Jordan
    Jesus came back from the river Jordan.

    See Schumann 1781: 29

  2. sinsi dem ben kommotto bakka na Babel [...]
    sensi
    since
    den
    3pl
    ben
    pst
    komoto
    come.out
    baka
    back
    na
    loc
    Babel
    Babel
    [...]
    [...]
    since they came back from Babel [...].

    See Schumann 1781: 6

  3. Hoe zan den ben takki da tem joe kommote na fransi konderi.
    O=san
    q=thing
    den
    3pl
    ben
    pst
    taki
    say
    da
    det.pl
    ten
    time
    yu
    2sg
    komoto
    come.out
    na
    loc
    Frans
    French
    kondre.
    country
    What did they say when you left France?
    Dutch: Wat zei men te Parys op uw vertrek. [Dutch; op.cit.]

    See van Dyk ca. 1765: 36