Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Examples

  1. She ate a sandwich.
    She
    she
    ate
    eat.pst
    a
    a
    sandwich.
    sandwich
    She ate a sandwich.
  2. Me and Bruce went to the store.
    Me
    me
    and
    and
    Bruce
    Bruce
    went
    went
    to
    to
    the
    the
    store.
    store
    Bruce and I went to the store.
  3. He know Swahili.
    He
    he
    know
    know
    Swahili.
    Swahili
    He knows Swahili.