Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Examples

  1. Mina funa ló.
    Mina
    I
    fun-a
    want-v
    ló.
    that
    I want that (one).
  2. Mina buka yena: yena khona lapha.
    Mina
    I
    buk-a
    see-prs
    yena:
    he
    yena
    he
    khon-a
    be-prs
    lapha.
    there
    I see him: he is there.
  3. Mina bukile yena: yena gate khona lapha.
    Mina
    I
    buk-ile
    see-pst
    yena:
    he
    yena
    he
    gate
    ant
    khon-a
    be-prs
    lapha.
    there
    I saw him: he was there.