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Value No marking of patient NPs
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Marking of patient noun phrases
Examples
So den losi pom nanga kuku nanga ala den sortu sani.
So
so
den
they
losi
bake
pom
pom
nanga
and
kuku
cake
nanga
and
ala
all
den
the.
pl
sortu
kind
sani.
thing
That’s how they baked pom and cake and all that stuff.
Den nyan ala den gansi! Den nyan unu sturu bij.
Den
3pl
nyan
eat
ala
all
den
the.
pl
gansi!
geese
Den
3pl
nyan
eat
unu
our
sturu
chair
bij.
as.well
They ate all the geese. They even ate our chairs.
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