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Example 32-102
Aont, táva te xuvê.
Aont,
yesterday
táva
pst
.
ipfv
te
prog
xuvê.
rain
It was raining yesterday.
Portuguese:
Ontem, chovia.
Comment:
This construction is acrolectal.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: Rains
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