Value Transitive

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Predicative possession
References
Winford 2002

Examples

  1. Yungu, yu no abi ai fu sii?
    Yungu,
    boy
    yu
    2sg
    no
    neg
    abi
    have
    ai
    eye
    fu
    for
    sii?
    see
    Boy, don’t you have eyes?

    See Wilner 1992: 1

  2. Efu yu no abi flashlait efu munkendi, yu no e sii.
    Efu
    if
    yu
    2sg
    no
    neg
    abi
    have
    flashlait
    flashlight
    efu
    or
    munkendi,
    moonlight
    yu
    2sg
    no
    neg
    e
    ipfv
    sii.
    see
    If you didn’t have a flashlight or moonlight, you couldn’t see.

    See Winford 2002: 429

  3. Te wan mama abi pikin kba, a pikin musu nyan.
    Te
    when
    wan
    art
    mama
    mother
    abi
    have
    pikin
    child
    kba,
    already
    a
    det
    pikin
    child
    musu
    must
    nyan.
    eat
    When a mother has a child, the child must eat.

    See Winford 2002: 435