Value No inchoative meaning with aspect markers

Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
References
Lang et al. 2012

Examples

  1. N sta sértu ma sin k’el obi, e ta bira prontu.
    N=sta
    1sg=be
    sértu
    sure
    ma=sin
    comp=so
    k=el=obi,
    comp=3sg=hear
    e=ta=bira
    3sg=ipfv=become
    prontu.
    healthy
    I am sure that he will recover as soon as he hears this.
    German: Ich bin sicher, dass er, sobald er das hört, gesund wird.

    See Brüser et al. 2002: s.v. bira