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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Pfänder 2000
Examples
a
chanté
yé té ka
chanté
a
hl
chanté
sing
yé
they
té
pst
ka
prog
chanté
sing
They were singing out loud (lit. It is singing they were singing).
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
mo achté liv ba to
mo
I
achté
buy
liv
book
ba
give
to
you
I bought a book for you.
i ka brè
i
he
ka
prog
brè
drink
He is drinking.
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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