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Example 57-143
ma fini reste numea
ma
1sg
fini
compl
reste
live
numea
Noumea
I lived in Noumea (but now I am living elsewhere).
Comment:
The completive marker
fini
immediately precedes the verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 164
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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