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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
Examples
Em i singsing istap.
Em
3sg
i
pm
singsing
sing
istap.
prog
He is singing.
Em i bin singsing istap.
Em
3sg
i
pm
bin
pst
singsing
sing
istap.
prog
He was singing.
Em i bin go long taun.
Em
3sg
i
pm
bin
pst
go
go
long
prep
taun.
town
He went to town.
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