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Special dependent person forms for subject and object
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Only dependent subject forms
Example 3-21:
Ambè náki dí dágu kíi? Hén/*a!
Ambè
who
náki
hit
dí
def
.
sg
dágu
dog
kíi?
kill
Hén/*a!
3sg
Who struck the dog dead? He did!
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 35
Example 3-22:
A sindó nján.
A
he
sindó
sit.down
nján.
eat
He sat down and ate.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 35
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