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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
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Examples
Mi’N
ta
vive
ba
un vida tristi.
Mi’=N
I=I
ta
hab
vive-ba
live-
ant
un
a
vida
life
tristi.
sad
I used to live a sad life.
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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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