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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
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Examples
N
sai
di kaza i N staba ta anda un katxor go morde-m na kanela.
N
I
Ø
pfv
sai
leave
di
of
kaza
house
i
and
N
I
staba
be.
ant
ta
prog
anda
walk
un
a
katxor
dog
go
then
morde=m
bit=me
na
on
kanela.
leg
I went out of the house and I was walking when a dog bit my leg.
Es fra un minina go ki sta ta bende pexi, panha pankada. vs. Es fra un minina go ki staba ta bende pexi, panha pankada.
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
who
sta
asp
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi,
fish
panha
got
pankada.
hurt
vs.
vs.
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
who
staba
asp
.
ant
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi,
fish
panha
got
pankada.
hurt
They said that a girl who is selling fish got hurt vs. They said that a girl who was selling fish got hurt.
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