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Value Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Indefinite articles
References
Nickel and Wilner 1984
Examples
Wan ben tron datra srefi.
Wan
one
ben
pst
tron
become
datra
doctor
srefi.
even
One even became a doctor.
See
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 24
No wan sma ben bai den nyanyan.
No
neg
wan
one
sma
person
ben
pst
bai
buy
den
the.
pl
nyanyan.
food
Not one person bought them.
Dus no wan, no wan fu unu ben man bai a unusrefi.
Dus
thus
no
neg
wan,
one
no
neg
wan
one
fu
of
unu
us
ben
ant
man
can
bai
buy
a
from
unusrefi.
ourselves
So none of us could buy from each other.
Nanga den sma disi wi o abi wan taki-makandra.
Nanga
with
den
the.
pl
sma
person
disi
dem
wi
we
o
fut
abi
have
wan
art
taki-makandra.
talk_about
We will have a conversation with these people.
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