Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Examples

  1. vaarzim see kii falaatu saba siɲoorpa?
    vaarzim
    vaarzim
    see
    cond
    kii
    what
    falaa-tu
    quot-pfv
    saba
    know
    siɲoor-pa?
    mister-dat
    Do you know what "vaarzim" means?

    See Smith 1974-5: 3073

  2. maaket dɛɛntru macaa andaa see amiis poy ceraa
    maaket
    market
    dɛɛntru
    inside
    macaa
    walk
    andaa
    go
    see
    cond
    amiis
    fishy.smell
    pooy
    habil
    ceraa
    smell
    As you walk through the market, you can smell a fishy smell.

    See Smith 1974-5: 3993

  3. innaa aka fiiyusu fiiyu uŋa isti vees SSC cooduna yatiraa: doos paaɖam
    innaa
    here.is
    aka
    that
    fiiyu-su
    son-gen
    fiiyu
    son
    uŋa
    one
    isti
    this
    vees
    time
    SSC
    SSC
    cooduna
    exam
    jaa-tiraa:
    pst-take
    doos
    two
    paaɖam
    pass
    Here, one of that son's sons, this time he took the SSC examination: two passes.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5180