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Example 47-85
Lo nos kanta/ Nos lo kanta; Lo boso kanta/ Boso lo kanta; Lo nan kanta/ Nan lo kanta.
Lo
mood
nos
1pl
kanta/
sing
Nos
1pl
lo
mood
kanta;
sing
Lo
mood
boso
2pl
kanta/
sing
Boso
2pl
lo
mood
kanta;
sing
Lo
mood
nan
3pl
kanta/
sing
Nan
3pl
lo
mood
kanta.
sing
We will sing; You (pl) will sing; They will sing.
Comment:
This shows that there is not such a clear preference for the pre-subject position where the subject is a plural 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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