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Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Nominal and verbal conjunction
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 137-142
Examples
o bi daten dekto
an
pit di man jɛrma
o
3sg
bi
say
dati
that
eni
3pl
deki-tɛ
take-
pfv
o
3sg
an
and
pi-tɛ
give-
pfv
di
the
man
man
jɛrma
woman
It is said that they abducted him and gave the man a woman.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 35
ju mwa bof ʃi
an
ju ma kom
wanɛ
? fridak?
ju
2sg
mu-a
go-
ipfv
bofu
top
ʃi
side
an
and
ju
2sg
ma
irr
kumu
come
wanɛrɛ?
when
fridaka?
Friday
You are going upriver and you are coming back when? Friday?
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 44
ɛk mɛtɛk tokap
ɛkɛ
1sg
mɛtɛ
with
ɛkɛ
1sg
toko-apu
child-
pl
me and my children
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 164
bakofu mɛtɛ kukrit, ju kan jefi eni ka
bakofu
banana
mɛtɛ
with
kukriti
maripa.nut
ju
2sg
kan
can
jefi
eat
eni
3pl
ka
neg
Bananas and maripa palmnuts, you cannot eat them (under certain circumstances).
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 444
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