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Passive without verbal coding
Example 2-233:
Kande den suma disi ben kweki tra fasi.
Kande
maybe
den
the.
pl
suma
person
disi
dem
ben
pst
kweki
raise
tra
another
fasi.
way
Maybe these people were raised differently.
Source:
Winford 2000
: 95
Example 2-234:
A liba bradi kba.
A
det
liba
river
bradi
wide
kba.
already
The river has already been widened.
Source:
Winford 1997
: 255
Example 2-235:
A krosi e krin.
A
det
krosi
clothes
e
ipfv
krin.
clean
The clothes are being cleaned.
Source:
Winford 1997
: 255
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Passive constructions
Source:
Winford 1997
: 255
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