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Example 2-126
A e waka na foto e seri krosi.
A
3sg
e
ipfv
waka
walk
na
loc
foto
town
e
ipfv
seri
sell
krosi.
clothes
He walks around in town selling clothes.
Comment:
It’s common to have two verbs in a chain marked by the imperfective marker, but in this case the two events are seen as simultaneous.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Winford transcripts
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect change in verb chains: Aspect change in verb chains is not possible
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