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Example 33-107
Djugude Ø ciga cif.
Djugude
vulture
Ø
pfv
ciga
land
cif.
smoothly
The vulture landed smoothly.
Portuguese:
O abutre aterrou suavemente.
Comment:
N.B.: The orthography is that of the source. Dynamic verbs unmarked for tense are usually interpreted as referring to the past.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kihm 1994
: 85
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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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