Value Adverb – verb – object

Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
References
Kouwenberg 1994: 101-116

Examples

  1. idri tito wa haf mu fɛkɛ
    idri
    every
    titi
    time
    o
    3sg
    wa
    pst
    hafi
    have.to
    mu
    go
    fi
    for
    ɛkɛ
    1sg
    Every time he had to fetch me.

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 392

  2. idri daka nau ma krik tukuma fə ʃi jefi
    idri
    every
    daka
    day
    nau
    now
    ma
    irr
    kriki
    get
    tukuma
    palmworm
    fi
    for
    ʃi
    3sg.poss
    jefi
    food
    Every day now (she) would get palmworms to eat.

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 107

  3. aʃu pruf di gudi, ju ma alwesuko
    aʃi
    if
    ju
    2sg
    pruf
    taste
    di
    the
    gutu
    thing
    di,
    dem
    ju
    2sg
    ma
    irr
    alwes
    always
    suku
    want
    o
    3sg
    If you taste this stuff, you will always want it.

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 106

  4. da somtiti ju hafə nunu wedri blarwap an [...]
    da
    cop
    somtiti
    sometimes
    ju
    2sg
    hafu
    have.to
    nunu
    pull
    weldri
    wild
    blaru-apu
    leaf-pl
    an
    and
    [...]
    [...]
    (It is the case that) sometimes you have to pull off wild leaves, and [...].

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 103