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Example 58-67
Yandi kwenda na bwala.
Yandi
he/she
Ø
pfv
kwenda
go
na
loc
bwala.
village
He/She went to the village.
Comment:
This is used strictly in narratives, almost like the historical present in French.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
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 both unmarked
Going to named places: Preposition
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