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Example 45-81
Ta escribi ele mga carta. Mientras ta escribi mi hermano el carta, ya espera yo na jardin.
Ta
ipfv
escribi
write
ele
3sg
mga
pl
carta.
letter
Mientras
while
ta
ipfv
escribi
write
mi
1sg
.
poss
hermano
brother
el
def
carta,
letter
ya
pfv
espera
wait
yo
1sg
na
loc
jardin.
garden
He writes letters. While my brother was writing the letter, I waited in the garden.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own data
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Purely aspectual system
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