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Example 42-89
eli sabé bos ta beng
eli
3sg
sabé
know
bos
2sg
ta
prog
beng
come
He/she knows/knew that you are/were coming.
Comment:
Unmarked stative verbs have a present imperfective or past imperfective reading.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1980-1981, 2009
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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