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Value Adverb – verb – object
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
Examples
Fa ai kon dati
alaten
yu e kon lati na wroko.
Fa
how
a
it
e
ipfv
kon
come
dati
that
alaten
always
yu
2sg
e
ipfv
kon
come
lati
late
na
loc
wroko.
work
How is it that you always come late to work?
See
Wilner 1992
: 3
Ala yuru
a man disi e kon tanteri mi.
Ala
all
yuru
time
a
the.
sg
man
man
disi
dem
e
ipfv
kon
come
tanteri
bother
mi.
1sg
This man comes and bothers me all the time.
See
Anonymous 1998-1999
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