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Example 69-40
mən manba ambi
ta
nan
mən
3sg
manba
pl
am-(m)bi
eat-
dep
ta-nan
prog
-
nonfut
They are eating.
They were eating.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Purely aspectual system
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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