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Example 31-96
Es fra un minina go ki sta ta bende pexi, panha pankada. vs. Es fra un minina go ki staba ta bende pexi, panha pankada.
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
who
sta
asp
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi,
fish
panha
got
pankada.
hurt
vs.
vs.
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
who
staba
asp
.
ant
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi,
fish
panha
got
pankada.
hurt
They said that a girl who is selling fish got hurt vs. They said that a girl who was selling fish got hurt.
Comment:
The mixed tense and aspect system displays both tense (
ba
) and aspect (imperfective
sta
) markers.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maria Chiviar, p.c.
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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