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Example 50-77
I té
toujou
ka maché Bastè.
I
3sg
té
pst
toujou
always
ka
prog
maché
wander.about
Bastè.
Basse-Terre
He/she was always wandering about in Basse-Terre.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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