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Example 31-89
Es fra un minina go ki
staba ta
bende pexi [...].
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
that
sta-ba
prog
-
ant
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi
fish
[...].
[...]
They said that a girl who was then selling fish [...].
Comment:
The progressive aspectual marker
sta
is modified with the past tense marker
ba,
which in turn is followed by the mood marker
ta
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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