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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
Mina funa
ló
.
Mina
I
fun-a
want-
v
ló.
that
I want that (one).
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.
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.
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