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Value Passive without verbal coding
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Passive constructions
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: \449-477
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 38-39
Examples
eni wari ben so boki mja
eni
3pl
wari
house
ben
inside
so
FOCUS
boki
money
mja
make
In their house, money was made.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 453
o bɛritɛ mɛtalma ʃi gutuwap
o
3sg
bɛri-tɛ
bury-
pfv
mɛtɛ
with
alma
all
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
gutu-apu
thing-
pl
She was buried with all her possessions.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 38
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