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Example 42-87
éli
sabé
bos ta beng
éli
3sg
sabé
know
bos
2sg
ta
prog
beng
come
He knows/knew you are/were coming.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 135
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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