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Example 29-96
Sy skop heeltyd teen die stoel. vs. Sy het heeltyd teen die stoel geskop.
Sy
3sg
.
f
.
nom
skop
kicks
heeltyd
whole.time
teen
against
die
def
.
art
stoel.
chair
vs.
vs.
Sy
3sg
.
f
.
nom
het
aux
heeltyd
whole.time
teen
against
die
the
stoel
chair
geskop.
ptcp
.kicked
She keeps kicking against the chair. vs. She was continually kicking against the chair.
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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