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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
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
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