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Example 73-2
manchanida killanan amida
manchani-da
terrible-
acc
killa-na-n
lazy-
desid
-
3sg
ami-da
1.
pro
-
acc
I feel terribly lazy.
Comment:
Both
manchani
and
killa-
are Quechua roots, and hence exceptional in Media Lengua.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field notes
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
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 marked differently
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