Datapoint Juba Arabic/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Values

Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Example 64-84:
kan úo ma tála bára úmon kan ma biligó úo
kan
cond
úo
3sg
ma
neg
tála
go.out
bára
outside
úmon
3pl
kan
ant
ma
neg
bi=ligó
irr=find
úo
3sg
If he hadn’t come out into the open, they wouldn’t have found him.

Source: Manfredi 2005: 171

Example 64-85:
wókit ána kan ma geisténna íta íta wósulu
wókit
time
ána
1sg
kan
ant
ma
neg
ge=isténna
prog=wait
íta
2sg
íta
2sg
wósulu
arrive
When I was no longer waiting for you, you arrived.

Source: Tosco 1995: 439

Example 64-87:
úmon kan geákulu
úmon
3pl
kan
ant
ge=ákulu
prog=eat
They were eating.

Source: Miller 1984: 235

Confidence:
Very certain