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Example 47-84
Lo mi kanta; Lo bo kanta; Lo e kanta.
Lo
mood
mi
1sg
kanta;
sing
Lo
mood
bo
2sg
kanta;
sing
Lo
mood
e
3sg
kanta.
sing
I will sing; You will sing; S/he will sing.
Comment:
This shows the typical pre-subject position of
lo
where the subject is a singular pronoun. Nevertheless, speakers often do allow
lo
to follow such a subject pronoun. The translation is mine.
Type:
published source
Source:
Goilo 1953
: 97
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
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