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Example 29-83
Hy het dit gister vir sy broer gewys.
Hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
het
pst
dit
it
gister
yesterday
vir
to
sy
3sg
.
m
.
poss
broer
brother
ge-wys.
ptcp
-show
He showed it to his brother yesterday.
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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