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Example 32-77
El
toká
y el
kantá
.
El
3sg
toká
play
y
and
el
3sg
kantá.
sing
He played and sang.
Portuguese:
Ele tocou e cantou.
Comment:
Unmarked dynamic verbs have past (perfective) reference.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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