Datapoint Sranan/Indefinite articles

Values

Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’

Example 2-64:
Wan ben tron datra srefi.
Wan
one
ben
pst
tron
become
datra
doctor
srefi.
even
One even became a doctor.

Source: Nickel and Wilner 1984: 24

Example 2-65:
No wan sma ben bai den nyanyan.
No
neg
wan
one
sma
person
ben
pst
bai
buy
den
the.pl
nyanyan.
food
Not one person bought them.
Example 2-66:
Dus no wan, no wan fu unu ben man bai a unusrefi.
Dus
thus
no
neg
wan,
one
no
neg
wan
one
fu
of
unu
us
ben
ant
man
can
bai
buy
a
from
unusrefi.
ourselves
So none of us could buy from each other.
Example 2-67:
Nanga den sma disi wi o abi wan taki-makandra.
Nanga
with
den
the.pl
sma
person
disi
dem
wi
we
o
fut
abi
have
wan
art
taki-makandra.
talk_about
We will have a conversation with these people.
Confidence:
Very certain