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Value Rain falls
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Raining constructions
References
Veenstra 1996
: 101
Examples
Dí tjúba tá kái mbéi hen uwíi munjá tooná kó bè.
Dí
def
.
sg
tjúba
rain
tá
asp
kái
fall
mbéi
make
hen
3sg
uwíi
hair
munjá
wet
tooná
turn
kó
come
bè.
red
It is raining so that her hair becomes wet and turns red.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 101
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