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Example 52-51
mo ka jis krè zombi-a ka egzisté
mo
I
ka
ipfv
jis
just
krè
believe
zombi-a
zombi-
def
.
art
ka
ipfv
egzisté
exist
I am about to believe (that) the zombi exists.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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