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Example 29-102
is - was - gewees - synde, het - had - gehad, BUT: word - geword
is
prs
.be
-
-
was
pst
.be
-
-
gewees
ptcp
.be
-
-
synde,
being
het
-
-
prs
.have
had
-
-
pst
.have
gehad,
-
BUT:
ptcp
.have
word
prs
.become
-
-
geword
ptcp
.become
is/are/am/being - was/were - been - being, have - had - had, become - became
Comment:
Had
[have.PST] is obsolescent for speakers of the standard variety (cf. Donaldson 1993: 239), although it survives in certain dialects.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to tense only
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