Example 19-94

Dì wàchman chak.
Dì
def
wàch-man
watch.cpd-man
chak.
be.drunk
The guard is drunk.
Comment:
The labile verb chak 'be/get drunk' occurs as an unmarked stative verb in an intransitive clause. The aspect interpretation is imperfective, hence present tense by default.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009: 407