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Value In a rightward position
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
Examples
M’bay ba skola.
M-bay
1sg
-go
ba
pst
skola.
school
I went to school.
Portuguese:
Fui à escola.
N tciga ba ja.
N
1sg
tciga
arrive
ba
pst
ja.
prf
I had arrived.
Portuguese:
Tinha chegado. OR: Chegara.
N tciga ba aonti.
N
1sg
tciga
arrive
ba
pst
aonti.
yesterday
I arrived yesterday.
Portuguese:
Cheguei ontem.
Jon tciga-nta-
l-ba ja.
Jon
John
tciga-nta-l-ba
arrive-
caus
-
obj
.
3sg
-
pst
ja.
ant
John had already put it aside.
Portuguese:
O João já o tinha colocado de lado.
Maria mora na kasa di Djon
ba
.
Maria
Mary
mora
live
na
in
kasa
house
di
of
Djon
John
ba.
pst
Mary lived in John's house.
Portuguese:
A Maria viveu na casa do João.
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