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Example 7-135
Hi bin ha tu shiip.
Hi
3sg
bin
pst
ha
have
tu
two
shiip.
sheep
He had two sheep.
Comment:
The stative requires past marker to get unambiguous past reading.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
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
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