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Value Immediately preceding the verb
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
Velupillai 2003
: 64
Examples
ʃi wɛn ɹaɪʔ wan buk
ʃi
3sg
.
f
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
ɹaɪʔ
write
wan
art
buk
book
She wrote a book.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 76
a gɔn klin ɔf dæd læn
a
1sg
gɔn
fut
klin
clean
ɔf
off
dæd
dem
læn
land
I'll clean off that land.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 64
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