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Example 30-95
E átxa bapor
ta sai
pa Fránsa.
E=átxa
3sg
=find
bapor
steamship
ta=sai
ipfv
=go.out
pa=Fránsa.
to=France
He found the steamer that was just outgoing to France.
German:
Er fand den Dampfer, der gerade nach Frankreich auslief.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 169
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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