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Example 48-98
Suto a-polé ta arí-ndo no.
Suto
we
a-polé
?-can
ta
prog
arí-ndo
laugh-
prog
no.
not
We can't be laughing.
Spanish:
(Nosotros) no podemos estar riéndo(nos).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Schwegler and Green 2007
: 276
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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 with the same overt marker
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