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Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
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Tense-Mood-Aspect
Example 19-77:
ɛ̀f yù
bìn kan
bìgín las semana yù
bìn fɔ̀ dɔn
finis tìdé.
ɛ̀f
if
yù
2sg
bìn
ant
kan
pfv
bìgín
begin
las
last
semana
week
yù
2sg
bìn
ant
fɔ̀
assoc
dɔn
prf
finis
finish
tìdé.
today
If you had begun last week, you would have already finished (by) today.
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 538
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
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