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Value In a leftward position
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
Escure 1992
Examples
Maskin me ownli de tiŋk bowt di trezha we i me las.
Maskin
Maskin
me
ant
ownli
only
de
prog
tiŋk
think
bowt
about
di
the
trezha
treasure
we
rel
i
3sg
me
ant
las.
lose
Maskin was only thinking about the treasure that he had lost.
See
Escure 1983
: 47
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