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Example 42-88
yo sa pai fai sibrisu na municipal
yo
1sg
sa
gen
pai
father
fai
do
sibrisu
work
na
loc
municipal
municipal
My father works / used to work in the Municipal service.
Comment:
Unmarked dynamic verbs have a present habitual or past habitual reading.
Type:
elicited from speaker
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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