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Example 66-56
Kumarin go nasi si-makan. / Kumarin go nasi *makan.
Kumarin
yesterday
go
1sg
nasi
rice
si-makan.
pst
-eat
Yesterday I ate rice.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
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 marked differently
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