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Example 5-85
awii manggo don raip laang taim
awii
poss
manggo
mango
don
compl
raip
ripe
laang
long
taim
time
Our mangoes have ripened some long time ago. OR: Our mangoes have been ripe for some time now.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers
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