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Example 9-96
Dat da we dey me de du ripɛ pan we dey neva du gud.
Dat
that
da
top
we
rel
dey
3pl
me
ant
de
prog
du
do
ripɛ
repair
pan
on
we
rel
dey
3pl
neva
ant
.
neg
du
do
gud.
good
That's what they were repairing, which they did not do well. OR: That's what they had been repairing, and they hadn't done it well.
Comment:
Both verbs refer to an anterior (relative) past event.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: 535
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Different TAM marking in negated clauses
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