Example 61-52

Mina bukile yena: yena gate khona lapha.
Mina
I
buk-ile
see-pst
yena:
he
yena
he
gate
ant
khon-a
be-prs
lapha.
there
I saw him: he was there.
Comment:
Whereas the non-stative verb takes the normal past suffix -ile, the stative khona cannot (*khon-ile) and takes anterior marking instead.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie