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Example 52-103
a travay pou to travay
a
it.is
travay
work
pou
for
to
you
travay
work
You have to work really hard.
Comment:
This kind of verb doubling cannot be used in a temporal clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling in temporal clauses: Verb doubling is not possible in temporal clauses
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