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Example 41-89
innaa aka fiiyusu fiiyu uŋa isti vees SSC cooduna yatiraa: doos paaɖam
innaa
here.is
aka
that
fiiyu-su
son-
gen
fiiyu
son
uŋa
one
isti
this
vees
time
SSC
SSC
cooduna
exam
jaa-tiraa:
pst
-take
doos
two
paaɖam
pass
Here, one of that son's sons, this time he took the SSC examination: two passes.
Comment:
This example illustrates the past of a dynamic verb
tiraa
'take'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5180
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
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 marked differently
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