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Example 61-39
Yena
zo
ai hamba khaya.
Yena
he
zo
fut
ai
neg
hamb-a
go-
v
khaya.
home
He will not go home. OR: She/it won't go home.
Comment:
The TAM markers occur leftward rather than immediately preceding verb.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
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