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Example 47-103
Awor mi tin un lista basta largo.
Awor
now
mi
1sg
tin
have
un
indf
lista
list
basta
sufficiently
largo.
long
Now I have quite a long list.
Comment:
This illustrates the obligatory absence of a tense marker with
tin
(have).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kouwenberg nd
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
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
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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