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Value No suppletion according to tense or aspect
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
Parameter:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect
Examples
Kwándo kel no sábe yo asé kosíw.
Kwándo
when
kel
that
no
neg
sábe
know
yo
1sg
asé
make
kosíw.
stew
Before I didn’t know how to prepare food.
No di sentí, no di sabé.
No
neg
di
ctpl
sentí,
feel
no
neg
di
ctpl
sabé.
know
They will not notice, they will not know.
Mirá tédi, ya sabé ya tédi?
Mirá
look
tédi,
2sg
.
pol
ya
pfv
sabé
know
ya
already
tédi?
2sg
.
pol
Look, do you already know?
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