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Example 29-98
Hy kon aan die werk gewees het.
Hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
kon
could
aan
on
die
def
.
art
werk
work
ge-wees
ptcp
-be
het.
have
He could have been working.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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