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Example 30-97
[...], e lenbra di kusa ki=sáibu flába-el, e pazigua.
[...],
[...]
e=lenbra
3sg
=remember
di=kusa
of=thing
ki=sáibu
comp
=wise.man
flá-ba=el
say-
ant
=
3sg
e=pazigua.
3sg
=calm.down
[...] she remembered what the witch doctor had told her and calmed down.
German:
[...] sie erinnerte sich an das, was ihr der Medizinmann gesagt hatte und beruhigte sich.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 34
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately following the verb
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
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