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Example 33-92
N’
na
ta
bay
ba
skola ma N’ sta ba dwenti.
N’
1sg
na
prog
ta
mood
bay
go
ba
pst
skola
school
ma
but
N’
1sg
sta
be
ba
pst
dwenti.
sick
I would have gone to school, but I was sick.
Portuguese:
Teria ido a escola mas estive doente.
Comment:
The order is ASPECT (progressive), MOOD (irrealis) + VERB + TENSE (past)
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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