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Example 36-64
Têtêuga
tua
taba pega.
Têtêuga
Turtle
tua
take
taba
plank
pega.
nail
Turtle took the planks and nailed them.
French:
Tortue prit les planches et les cloua.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 70
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
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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