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Example 15-74
wi gɛt fo pikin
wi
1pl
gɛt
have
fo
four
pikin
child
We have four children.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
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
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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