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Example 33-108
N obi kriol di Kabo Verdi.
N
1sg
obi
hear/understand
kriol
Creole
di
of
Kabo
Cape
Verdi.
Verde
I understand Capeverdian Creole.
Portuguese:
Compreendo o crioulo caboverdiano.
Comment:
Stative verbs unmarked for tense are usually interpreted as referring to the present.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
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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