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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Parameter:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
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Examples
[...] pamo tinha avian ki sa ta koreba na kel tenpu.
[...]
[...]
pamo
because
tinha
was
avian
plane
ki
that
sa
prog
ta
mood
kore-ba
sleep-
ant
na
at
kel
that
tenpu.
time
[...] because there were planes that used to fly at that time.
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Es fra un minina go ki
staba ta
bende pexi [...].
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
that
sta-ba
prog
-
ant
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi
fish
[...].
[...]
They said that a girl who was then selling fish [...].
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nd
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