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Example 29-82
Hy kon dit gesien het.
Hy
3sg
.
m
kon
could
dit
it
ge-sien
ptcp
-seen
het.
pst
He could have seen it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, clause-second position
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