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Example 42-86
ja kaba gera, eli
bai
tona kontiná aké sibrisu lá
ja
pfv
kaba
finish
gera,
war
eli
3sg
bai
go
tona
again
kontiná
continue
aké
that
sibrisu
work
lá
emph
After the war, he went back, continued with that job.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 134
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
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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