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Example 29-100
Ek het 'n huis besit. — Ek het koekies gebak.
Ek
1sg
.
nom
het
pst
'n
indf
.
art
huis
house
besit.
owned
—
Ek
1sg
.
nom
het
pst
koek-ie-s
cake-
dim
-
pl
ge-bak.
ptcp
-bake
I (have) owned a house. — I (have) baked cookies.
Comment:
Both preterite and past interpretatons are available, regardless of the dynamic/stative nature of the verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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