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Example 40-63
Teru (tɛ) kata-
n
katig.
Teru
Teru
(tɛ)
(
prs
)
kata-n
sing-
prog
katig.
song
Teru is singing a song/songs.
Comment:
The particle
tɛ
in the present is optional, and mostly absent in the speech of the younger Korlai speakers.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Clements and Koontz-Garboden 2002
: 216
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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