Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked with the same overt marker

Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983; Schwegler and Green 2007

Examples

  1. Suto a miní ayé.
    Suto
    we
    a
    pst
    miní
    come
    ayé.
    yesterday
    We arrived yesterday.
    Spanish: (Nosotros) llegamos ayer.
  2. Ané engañá suto.
    Ané
    3pl
    engañá
    cheat
    suto.
    1pl
    They cheated us.
  3. I polé yebá kuenta nu.
    I
    I
    __
    __
    polé
    can
    yebá
    figure
    kuenta
    account
    nu.
    not
    I can't figure (this) out. OR: I can't calculate (this).
    Spanish: (Yo) no puedo llevar cuenta.

    See Schwegler and Green 2007: 276

  4. Suto a-polé ta arí-ndo no.
    Suto
    we
    a-polé
    ?-can
    ta
    prog
    arí-ndo
    laugh-prog
    no.
    not
    We can't be laughing.
    Spanish: (Nosotros) no podemos estar riéndo(nos).

    See Schwegler and Green 2007: 276