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Example 7-122
Mi bin fo muuv dem.
Mi
1sg
bin
pst
fo
oblig
muuv
move
dem.
3pl
I was supposed to move them.
Comment:
Bin
is separated from the verb by the modal of obligation
fo
.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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