Datapoint Saramaccan/Passive constructions

Values

Passive without verbal coding

Example 3-121:
Dí dí gánia kíi, dí onkoóku kó kái.
Dí
then
dí
def.sg
gánia
chicken
kíi,
kill
dí
def.sg
onkoóku
misfortune
kó
come
kái.
fall
At the same time the chicken was killed, misfortune started to happen.

Source: Veenstra 2003: 276

Confidence:
Very certain