Datapoint Fanakalo/Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Statives and non-statives are not differentiated in form and meaning in the present tense. In the past tense, however, there is a difference. Only non-statives take the past suffix -ile.

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Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Example 61-26:
Mina funa ló.
Mina
I
fun-a
want-v
ló.
that
I want that (one).
Example 61-51:
Mina buka yena: yena khona lapha.
Mina
I
buk-a
see-prs
yena:
he
yena
he
khon-a
be-prs
lapha.
there
I see him: he is there.
Example 61-52:
Mina bukile yena: yena gate khona lapha.
Mina
I
buk-ile
see-pst
yena:
he
yena
he
gate
ant
khon-a
be-prs
lapha.
there
I saw him: he was there.
Confidence:
Certain