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Example 41-75
avara etus induŋa jatomaa teem, noov graandi uŋa
avara
now
etus
3pl
.
hon
inda
another
uŋa
one
jaa-tomaa
pst
-buy
teem,
prf
noov
new
graandi
big
uŋa
one
Now they have bought another one, a new big one.
Comment:
The tense marker precedes the verb; perfect aspect auxilliary follows.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5297
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately following the verb
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
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