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Example 10-115
So di King
disaid
fi marid him tu di daata.
So
so
di
art
.
def
King
King
disaid
decide
fi
comp
marid
marry
him
3sg
tu
to
di
art
.
def
daata.
daughter
So the King decided to marry him to his daughter.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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