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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
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
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
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