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Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
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Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
Example 18-60:
I
bin
don komot.
I
3sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
don
pfv
komot.
come.out
He/She had (already) left.
Source:
Schröder nd
Example 18-61:
Wehn ma broda
bi
di rait di leta, a
bi
di wait fo gaden.
Wen
while
ma
my
broda
brother
bin
pst
di
ipfv
rait
write
di
def
.
art
leta,
letter
a
1sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
di
ipfv
weit
wait
fo
for
gaden.
garden
While my brother was writing the letter, I was waiting in the garden.
Source:
Schröder nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
Source:
Schröder 2012
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