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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Kouwenberg 2007
: 27-33
Examples
o
wa
riʃ
a
o
3sg
wa
pst
riʃi-a
swell-
ipfv
He was swelling.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 29
endi
wa
plan
tɛ
bom, bat di kujap seito
eni
3pl
di
dem
wa
pst
plandi-tɛ
plant-
pfv
bom,
tree
bat
but
di
the
kui-apu
cow-
pl
sei-tɛ
damage-
pfv
o
3sg
They had planted trees, but the cows destroyed it.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 27
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