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Value Aspect change in verb chains is not possible
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Aspect change in verb chains
Examples
Mi lef di hous ina mi nais-nais kluoz, an wen mi kech a di skuul sohn pikni doti it op.
Mi
1sg
lef
leave
di
det
hous
house
ina
in
mi
1sg
nais-nais
nice-nice
kluoz,
clothes
an
and
wen
when
mi
1sg
kech
arrive
a
at
di
det
skuul
school
sohn
some
pikni
child
doti
dirty
it
3sg
op.
up
I left the house in my very slick clothes, and when I arrived at the school some children soiled it.
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