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Example 46-2
Ya-pegá 'le konel péhro.
Ya-pegá
prf
-hit
'le
he
konel
obj
.the
péhro.
dog
He hit the dog.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
by
Patrick O. Steinkrüger
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Verb-subject-object (VSO)
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
Marking of patient noun phrases: All patient NPs are marked
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
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