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Example 17-75
À kari nyam.
À
1sg
.
sbj
kari
carry
nyam.
yam
I carried [+past, +completive] yams.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 188-189
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
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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