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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Goury and Migge 2003
: 84ff
;
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 489ff
Examples
Na Alibina a be e tan tuu?
Na
foc
Alibina
Albina
a
she
be
pst
e
ipfv
tan
stay
tuu?
true
Was she really/truly living in Albina (lit. It's in Albina she was living for true)?
See
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 492
Mi e hangi fi en teee ye!
Mi
I
e
ipfv
hangi
hunger
fi
for
en
3sg
teee
very
ye!
insist
I miss her a lot!
See
Goury and Migge 2003
: 90
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