Value Differentiation

Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
Nominal and verbal conjunction

Examples

  1. Marie soti pati ké Georges
    Marie
    Mary
    soti
    go.out
    pati
    leave
    ké
    with
    Georges
    George
    Mary went out and left together with George.
  2. Georges ké Marie kouri alé
    Georges
    Georges
    ké
    with
    Marie
    Mary
    kouri
    run
    alé
    go
    Georges and Mary quickly went away.
  3. Georges ka fè manjé-a é Marie ka dronmi
    Georges
    George
    ka
    prog
    fè
    make
    manjé-a
    meal-art
    é
    and
    Marie
    Mary
    ka
    prog
    dronmi
    sleep
    George is preparing the meal and Mary is sleeping.
  4. i pran li mété li annan mem trou-a
    i
    he
    pran
    take
    li
    it
    mété
    put
    li
    it
    annan
    in
    mem
    same
    trou-a
    hole-art
    He took it and put in into the same hole.

    See Jennings and Pfänder 2013+