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Example 31-86
Mi’N
ta
vive
ba
un vida tristi.
Mi’=N
I=I
ta
hab
vive-ba
live-
ant
un
a
vida
life
tristi.
sad
I used to live a sad life.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
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