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Value Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 64
Examples
ɛk
wa sa
kutɛ en ar twe fan eni an tem eni
ɛkɛ
1sg
wa
pst
sa
irr
ku-tɛ
catch-
pfv
en
one
ar
or
twe
two
fan
from
eni
3pl
an
and
tem
tame
eni
3pl
I would have caught one or two of them and tamed them.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 32
kɛko
wa ma
mja andri gut sondro kap di mabalen
kɛkɛ
like
o
3sg
wa
pst
ma
irr
mja
do
andri
other
gutu
thing
sondro
without
kapu
cut
di
the
maba
honey
alen
alone
It seems as if he was going to do something else besides just cut the honeycomb.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 32
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