Value Rain falls

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Raining constructions

Examples

  1. En sontron te unu kmopo a skoro alen e kon.
    En
    and
    sontron
    sometimes
    te
    when
    unu
    we
    kmopo
    come.out
    a
    the
    skoro
    school
    alen
    rain
    e
    ipfv
    kon.
    come
    And sometimes when we came from school it rained.
  2. Dan mi taki ai, a no pikinso alen fadon.
    Dan
    then
    mi
    1sg
    taki
    say
    ai,
    yes
    a
    it
    no
    neg
    pikinso
    a.little
    alen
    rain
    fadon.
    fall
    Then I said, ‘well, it rained a lot.' (Lit. 'it wasn't just a little rain that fell')
  3. A alen wai pikinso.
    A
    det
    alen
    rain
    wai
    blow.away
    pikinso.
    a.little
    The rain has blown away a little (i.e.: It’s not raining so hard anymore.)

    See Wilner 1992: 3