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Value No or only one tense or aspect marker
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 157
Examples
ребятишка который... корова паси его; зимия такой сопка лежи.
Rib'atiʃka katoryj karova pasi iwo, zimija takoj sopka liʒi.
Rib'atiʃka
child
katoryj
which
karova
cow
pasi
pasture
iwo,
3sg
.
sbj
zimija
snake
takoj
so
sopka
mountain
liʒi.
lie
There was a child who was pasturing a cow, and a snake was lying under the mountain.
See
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 264
Сейчас, однако, печки сиди, лапти суши.
Siʧas adənakə pechəki sidi, lapəti suʃi.
Siʧas
now
adənakə
however
pechəki
stove
sidi,
sit
lapəti
footwear
suʃi.
dry
At present, however, I am sitting near the stove and dry my footwear.
See
Fadeev [1956] 1982
: 13
Папа тоже, малень была я, папа помирала.
Papa
toʒa,
malen' byla ja, papa pomirala.
Papa
father
toʒa,
also
malen'
small
byla
cop
.
pfv
ja,
1sg
papa
father
pomira-la.
die-
pfv
And the father also, he died when I was small.
See
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 237
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