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Only interrogative intonation
Example 1-245:
Mi go du datti. [...] Mi go du datti?
Mi
1sg
go
go
du
do
dati.
that
[...]
[...]
Mi
1sg
go
go
du
do
dati?
that
I will do that. [...] Should I do that?
German:
Ich will das thun [...] soll ich das thun? (Schumann 1783: 57)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 57
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Language:
Early Sranan
Feature:
Polar questions
Source:
van den Berg 2007
: 247-8
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