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Example 48-88
Ele ta-ba aí nu.
Ele
he/she
ta-ba
be-
pst
aí
there
nu.
neg
He/she wasn't there.
Spanish:
Él/ella no estaba allí.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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