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Sranan
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Noun phrase conjunction and comitative
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Example 2-36:
Mi bari en
nofrotron
fu no waka nanga den boi dati.
Mi
1sg
bari
warn
en
3sg
nofrotron
often
fu
for
no
neg
waka
walk
nanga
with
den
the.
pl
boi
boy
dati.
dem
I warned him often not to hang around with those boys.
Source:
Anonymous 1998-1999
Example 2-177:
So den losi pom
nanga
kuku nanga ala den sortu sani.
So
so
den
3pl
losi
bake
pom
pom
nanga
and
kuku
cake
nanga
and
ala
all
den
the.
pl
sortu
kind
sani.
thing
That’s how they baked pom and cake and all that stuff.
Example 2-178:
Anansi ben prei wan triki nanga Kakalaka
nanga
Kafowru.
Anansi
Anansi
ben
pst
prei
play
wan
a
triki
trick
nanga
with
Kakalaka
cockroach
nanga
and
Kafowru.
chicken
Anansi played a trick on Cockroach and Chicken.
Source:
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 38
Example 2-179:
Tyari a karaaf
nanga
wan kan gi mi.
Tyari
carry
a
det
karaaf
pitcher
nanga
and
wan
art
kan
can
gi
give
mi.
me
Fetch the pitcher and a can for me.
Source:
Winford and Migge 2008
: 708
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative
Source:
Winford and Migge 2008
: 708
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