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Example 35-104
Ê tava kwaji ka fla.
Ê
3sg
tava
pst
kwaji
almost
ka
ipfv
fla.
speak
He was about to speak.
Comment:
Only a very restricted set of adverbs may occur in the same position as
kwaji
'almost'.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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