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Value Secondary surpass marking
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Comparative standard marking
References
Veenstra 1996
: 4
Examples
A bígi pasá mi.
A
3sg
bígi
big
pasá
pass
mi.
1sg
He is bigger than me.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 4
A ábi jáa pasá fòténi.
A
3sg
ábi
have
jáa
year
pasá
pass
fòténi.
forty
He is more than forty years old.
See
SIL 2003
: s.v.
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