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Example 31-103
Es
tinha
ses kazinha ma es ben bende.
Es
they
tinha
had
ses
their
kazinha
home
ma
but
es
they
ben
come
bende.
sell
They had their house but they came to sell it.
Comment:
The verb
ten
'to have' can have a weak suppletive form in the past
tinha
or have a regular past tense formation
tenba
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Weak suppletion according to tense only
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