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Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
Hagemeijer 2007
: Ch. 3
Examples
Ê kume pixi.
Ê
3sg
kume
eat
pixi.
fish
He ate fish.
Ise sa kwa ku non sêbê.
Ise
this
sa
cop
kwa
thing
ku
rel
non
1pl
sêbê.
know
This is something we know.
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