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Example 13-98
Jedus ain beena bactize people.
Jedus
Jesus
ain
neg
.
aux
been-a
pst
-
prog
bactize
baptize
people.
people
Jesus was not baptizing people. (Jn 4.2)
Comment:
-a
is presumed to be a reduced form of the aspectual marker
da
as per Cunningham (1992: 51).
Type:
bible translation
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 324
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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