Value In a leftward position

Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
Maurer 2009: 69ff.

Examples

  1. Wêt'ora unôtxi ê tava maxi kalsa fa.
    Wêtu
    eight
    ora
    hour
    unôtxi
    night
    ê
    3sg
    tava
    pst
    maxi
    yet
    kalsa
    put.shoes
    fa.
    neg
    At eight o’clock in the evening, he hadn’t put his shoes on yet.

    See Maurer 2009: 70

  2. Mene xintxi ya jingantxi sa kwaji xiga.
    Mene
    Mene
    xintxi
    feel
    ya
    comp
    jingantxi
    ogre
    sa
    prog
    kwaji
    almost
    xiga.
    arrive
    Mene felt that the ogre was almost arriving.

    See Maurer 2009: 70