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Example 34-80
Bu fiju
yera baŋ
boŋ algeŋ.
Bu
poss
.
2sg
fiju
child
ø
pfv
yera
cop
baŋ
pst
boŋ
nice
algeŋ.
human.being
Your child was a nice kid.
Comment:
This is an example of a copula with an overt tense marker and no overt aspect marker.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Datapoints:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to both tense and aspect
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