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Example 31-104
Dja’N fra-bu, tenpu
era
run.
Dja’N
comp
.I
fra-bu,
tell-you
tenpu
times
era
were
run.
bad
I told you, the times were bad.
Comment:
The present tense of
era
'was/were' is
e
.
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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