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Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
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Example 2-70:
A man disi sabi a tori.
A
det
man
man
disi
dem
sabi
know
a
art
tori.
story
This guy knows the story.
Example 2-71:
Disi
a fu un bori.
Disi
this
a
is
fu
for
un
we
bori.
cook
This is for us to cook.
Example 2-72:
Dati
meki mi no ben kisi brede a skoro.
Dati
that
meki
make
mi
1sg
no
neg
ben
pst
kisi
get
brede
bread
a
at
skoro.
school
That’s why I didn’t get bread in school.
Example 2-73:
Mi begi, yu no kan fergiti
dati
tog.
Mi
1sg
begi,
pray
yu
2sg
no
neg
kan
can
fergiti
forget
dati
that
tog.
tag
I prayed, you can’t forget that, right.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
Source:
Winford transcripts
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