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Example 56-106
Mon konn gete.
Mon
1sg
konn
know
gete.
watch
I know (how) to watch.
French:
Je sais regarder. (Bollée 1977: 95)
Comment:
The example is originally in Bollée (1977: 94).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Michaelis 1993
: 51
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
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
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