Value Experiencer is subject

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’
References
Winford 2002

Examples

  1. So ma dan mi bigin lobi a sani kba.
    So
    so
    ma
    but
    dan
    then
    mi
    1sg
    bigin
    begin
    lobi
    like
    a
    the
    sani
    thing
    kba.
    already
    So, but then I began to like the thing.
  2. Mi lobi pley bal.
    Mi
    1sg
    lobi
    like
    pley
    play
    bal.
    ball
    I like to play football (soccer).

    See Winford 2002: 395

  3. A frow lobi go a Holland.
    A
    3sg
    frow
    wife
    lobi
    like
    go
    go
    a
    to
    Holland.
    Holland
    His wife likes to go to the Netherlands.