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Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
Birmingham 1970
: 81f
;
Goilo 1953
;
Kouwenberg 2007
;
Maurer 1988
Examples
Awe mainta mi a bai subi Hooiberg.
Awe
today
mainta
morning
mi
1sg
a
pfv
bai
go
subi
climb
Hooiberg.
Hooiberg
This morning I climbed Hooiberg.
See
Kouwenberg and Murray 1994
: 46
Awor mi tin un lista basta largo.
Awor
now
mi
1sg
tin
have
un
indf
lista
list
basta
sufficiently
largo.
long
Now I have quite a long list.
See
Kouwenberg nd
Nos (ta) falta sinkuenta sèn.
Nos
1pl
(ta)
(
tns
)
falta
lack
sinkuenta
fifty
sèn.
cent
We are fifty cents short.
See
Muller 1989
: 323
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