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Example 75-124
Kiikakweepoonipiistwaw.
Kii-kakwee-pooni-piistwa-w.
pst
-try-quit-smoke-3
She attempted to quit smoking.
Comment:
This sentence combines tense (past), mood ('try') and aspect ('quit'). This, however, is very marginal.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 29
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
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