Example 19-82

Nà dis tin dè want kil yu.
Nà
foc
dis
this
tin
thing
dè
ipfv
want
want
kil
kill
yu.
2sg.emph
It's this thing [that] was about to kill you.
Comment:
Here the imperfective marker is employed with a stative verb (i.e. /want/) and expresses current state by default. The use of the imperfective marker with stative verbs is however considered ungrammatical by most speakers.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data