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Example 29-99
Ek besit 'n huis. — Ek bak koekies.
Ek
1sg
besit
own
'n
a
huis.
house
—
Ek
I
bak
bake
koek-ie-s.
cake-
dim
-
pl
I own a house. — I bake cookies.
Comment:
Both of the above can be used in the context of lively narratives where they can receive "historic present" interpretations (cf.Donaldson 1993: 228–230).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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