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Example 47-92
Mi ta gusta esei un mundo.
mi
1sg
ta
tns
gusta
like
es(un)-ei
one-
dem
.
nprox
un
indf
mundu
world
I like that a lot.
Comment:
Note that preverbal
ta
appears with the stative verb
gusta
'like', which is among the class of stative verbs which require its presence in the absence of other Tense/Aspect markers.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kouwenberg nd
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive, habitual, current state, and future
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
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