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Example 54-155
Ma lanp la etin
é
la ralumé [...].
Ma
poss
.
1sg
lanp
lamp
la
prf
eten
go.out
e
and
la
prf
ralume
light.up
[...].
[...]
My lamp went out and lighted up again [...].
French:
Ma lampe s'est éteinte et s'est rallumée [...].
Comment:
This represents an example of a verbal conjunction with
e.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 65
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
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 differently
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Overlap
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