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Example 26-55
wi justu pau katiŋ gɹæs bifɔ naɪtaɪm
wi
1pl
justu
pst
.
hab
pau
compl
kati-ŋ
cut-
prog
gɹæs
grass
bifɔ
before
naɪtaɪm
night.time
We used to / would finish cutting grass before dark / night time.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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