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Value In a rightward position
Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983
: 113
;
Schwegler and Green 2007
: 274ss
Examples
¿Utere asé-ba kandá-lo-ba por kuanto ría?
¿Utere
you.
pl
asé-ba
hab
-
prog
kandá-lo-ba
sing-it-
pst
.
prog
por
for
kuanto
how.many
ría?
day
You were usually singing to (lamenting) him for how many days?
Spanish:
(Ustedes) solían cantarlo (lamentar el muerto) por cuántos días?
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