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Example 28-97
potɛtɛ nau, timi kori ababaka
potɛ-tɛ
old-
pfv
nau,
now
timi
be.able
kori
work
ababa
anymore
ka
neg
(He) has gotten old, cannot work anymore.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 30
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers
Expression of pronominal subjects: Obligatory pronoun words
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