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Example 7-123
Mi bin aalweiz se so.
Mi
1sg
bin
pst
aalweiz
always
se
say
so.
so
I had always said that.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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