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Value No marking of patient NPs
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Marking of patient noun phrases
References
Veenstra 1996
: 26
Examples
A téi dí páu páá.
A
3sg
téi
take
dí
def
.
sg
páu
stick
páá.
quick
He took the stick quickly.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 116
Só de bì
naa
béi sèmbè.
Só
so
de
3pl
bì
tns
naa
usually
béi
bury
sèmbè.
people
In this way they usually buried people.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 26
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