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Value Immediately preceding the verb
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
Examples
Aaftaword evriting
waa
get beta.
Aaftaword
afterwards
evri-ting
every-thing
waa
fut
get
get
beta.
better
Afterwards everything will get better.
See
nd
Wi
yuuztu
go op pik guava.
Wi
1pl
yuuztu
hab
.
pst
go
go
op
up
pik
pick
guava.
guava
We would climb up in order to pick guavas.
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nd
Wen di stuudyent
de
go sekonderi [...].
Wen
when
di
art
.
def
stuudyent
student
de
prog
go
go
sekonderi
secondary
[...].
[...]
While the students are in secondary school [...].
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nd
yu
did
aks him
yu
2sg
did
pst
aks
ask
him
3sg
.
m
you asked him
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nd
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