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Nominal and verbal conjunction
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Example 2-180:
Yu e go na a mma
dan
yu o taki.
Yu
2sg
e
ipfv
go
go
na
loc
a
det
mma
mother
dan
then
yu
2sg
o
fut
taki.
talk
You’d go to the mother and you’d speak.
Source:
Winford and Migge 2008
: 708
Example 2-181:
Boiki papa ben prani gruntu
èn
a ben kewki fowru
nanga
wan kaw.
Boiki
Boiki
papa
father
ben
pst
prani
plant
gruntu
vegetable
èn
and
a
3sg
ben
pst
kewki
raise
fowru
chicken
nanga
with
wan
art
kaw.
cow
Boiki’s father grew vegetables, and he raised chickens and a cow.
Source:
Wilner 1992
: 23
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Nominal and verbal conjunction
Source:
Winford and Migge 2008
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