Datapoint Saramaccan/Marking of patient noun phrases

Values

No marking of patient NPs

Example 3-1:
A téi dí páu páá.
A
3sg
téi
take
dí
def.sg
páu
stick
páá.
quick
He took the stick quickly.

Source: Veenstra 1996: 116

Example 3-16:
Só de bì naa béi sèmbè.
Só
so
de
3pl
bì
tns
naa
usually
béi
bury
sèmbè.
people
In this way they usually buried people.

Source: Veenstra 1996: 26

Confidence:
Very certain