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Example 11-127
Di monki mi hapi hapi bikaaz ih no
mi
hav fu wark fa lang.
Di
art
.
def
monki
monkey
mi
pst
hapi
happy
hapi
happy
bikaaz
because
ih
3sg
no
neg
mi
pst
hav
have
fu
for
wark
work
fa
for
lang.
long
The monkey was very happy because he didn’t have to work for a long time.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kuos Riijan Stuoriz I
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
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