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Early Sranan
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Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
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Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
Example 1-112:
Effi a ben jeri, a
ben sa
komm.
Efi
if
a
3sg
.
sbj
ben
pst
yere,
hear
a
3sg
.
sbj
ben
pst
sa
fut
kon.
come
If he had heard, he would have come.
German:
Wenn ers gehört hätte, so würde er kommen. [op.cit.]
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 15
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Language:
Early Sranan
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
Source:
van den Berg 2007
: 196ff
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