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Example 67-100
Dulu ada niaga.
Dulu
pst
ada
have
niaga.
business
Before, [I] had business. OR: Before, [I] used to have business.
Comment:
Dulu
'before' functions as the marker of remote past.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 170
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: No overt past marker exists
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