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Example 68-58
Dong
su
makang deng balong galap lai.
Dong
3pl
su
pfv
makang
eat
deng
and
balong
not.yet
galap
dark
lai.
also
They have eaten and it is not dark yet.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 229
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Purely aspectual system
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 both unmarked
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity, overtly expressed
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