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Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
Maurer 2009
: 69ff.
Examples
Txi
sêbê
kwisê.
Txi
2sg
Ø
prs
sêbê
know
kwisê.
this
You know this.
Txi
kume
kwisê.
Txi
2sg
Ø
pfv
kume
eat
kwisê.
this
You ate this.
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