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Example 40-59
Teru ti kata.
Teru
Teru
ti
pst
kata.
sing
Teru used to sing.
Comment:
The interpretation of this sentence is past habitual.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Clements 1996
: 112
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
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