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Example 29-93
Hy het dit geweier.
Hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
het
pst
dit
3sg
.
n
ge-weier.
ptcp
-refuse
He refused it. OR: He has refused it.
Comment:
Past tense expresses both the preterite and the perfect, as previously noted.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Purely temporal system
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