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Value Relative particle and gap
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Object relative clauses
References
Winford 2008
: 41
Examples
Mi e wani go libi nanga a man
di
mi o sori yu.
Mi
1sg
e
ipfv
wani
want
go
go
libi
live
nanga
with
a
det
man
man
di
rel
mi
1sg
o
fut
sori
show
yu.
2sg
I want to go and live with the person that I’ll show you.
See
Winford 2008
: 41
Wan bigi man ben dape
di
den e kari papa Mani.
Wan
a
bigi
big
man
man
ben
pst
dape
there
di
rel
den
they
e
ipfv
kari
call
papa
father
Mani.
Mani
An elderly man worked there whom they called papa Mani.
Yu abi furu Sumter
di
mi no sabi.
Yu
2sg
abi
have
furu
many
Sumter
Sumter
di
that
mi
1sg
no
neg
sabi.
know
There are many people by the name of Sumter that I don’t know.
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