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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Maurer 1997
: 415ff.
Examples
Ine
sa
kume.
Ine
3pl
sa
prog
kume.
eat
They are eating.
Ine
tava sa
kume.
Ine
3pl
tava
pst
sa
prog
kume.
eat
They were eating.
Ine
kume
.
Ine
3pl
Ø
pfv
kume.
eat
They ate.
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