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Instrument relative clauses
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 47.4%
Example 3-125:
Di faka
di
mi bi koti di bɛɛɛ ku en.
Di
def
.
sg
faka
knife
di
that
mi
1sg
bi
tns
koti
cut
di
def
.
sg
bɛɛɛ
bread
ku
with
en.
3sg
The knife with which I cut the bread.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Instrument meaning is left implicit Frequency: 47.4%
Example 3-127:
Di faka
di
mi koti di bɛɛɛ saapu.
Di
def
.
sg
faka
knife
di
that
mi
1sg
koti
cut
di
def
.
sg
bɛɛɛ
bread
saapu.
be.sharp
The knife that I cut the bread with is sharp.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Relative pronoun with pied-piping Frequency: 5.3%
Example 3-126:
di faka
ku di
mi bi koti di bɛɛɛ
di
def
.
sg
faka
knife
ku
with
di
that
mi
1sg
bi
tns
koti
cut
di
def
.
sg
bɛɛɛ
bread
the knife with which I cut the bread
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Instrument relative clauses
Source:
Fieldwork data
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