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Example 62-38
uʔilíye héló vasitá ní vúgha na mlálo?
u-ila-íye
2sg
-know-
prf
hé-lo
16-have
vasita
Shambaa
ní
is
vugha
Vuga
na
with
mlalo?
Mlalo
Do you know there are Shambaa people at Vuga and Mlalo?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field data 1993
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately following the verb
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 with the same overt marker
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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