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Example 37-68
Wêt'ora unôtxi ê tava
maxi
kalsa fa.
Wêtu
eight
ora
hour
unôtxi
night
ê
3sg
tava
pst
maxi
yet
kalsa
put.shoes
fa.
neg
At eight o’clock in the evening, he hadn’t put his shoes on yet.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 70
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
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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