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Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
Examples
Jan sik an im daata nuo.
Jan
John
sik
sick
an
and
im
3sg
daata
daughter
nuo.
know
John is sick and his daughter knows.
Mieri kuk di fuud.
Mieri
Mary
kuk
cook
di
det
fuud.
food
Mary cooked the food.
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