Datapoint Early Sranan/Tense-aspect systems

Values

Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Example 1-123:
Wie ben dee aksie na wan Nefie.
Wi
1pl
ben
pst
de
ipfv
aksi
ask
na
for
wan
indf.sg
nefi.
knife
We were asking for a knife.
Dutch: Wy vraagen na een Mes. [op.cit.]

Source: Weygandt 1798: 61

Example 1-124:
A de drungu, a no kann go reti, a de kanti.
A
3sg.sbj
de
ipfv
drungu,
be.drunk
a
3sg.sbj
no
neg
kan
can
go
go
reti,
right
a
3sg.sbj
de
ipfv
kanti.
tilt
He is drunk, he cannot go straight, he is tilting.

Source: Schumann 1783: 80

Example 1-129:
Dem pulu hem na <Gemeente>.
Den
3pl
Ø
pfv
puru
remove
en
3sg
na
loc
<Gemeente>.
congregation
They expelled him from the congregation.
German: Er ist aus der Gemeine ausgethan, ausgeschlossen [op.cit.]

Source: Schumann 1783: 142

Confidence:
Certain