Datapoint Afrikaans/Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb

Afrikaans tense, mood, and
aspect markers are auxiliaries. When they occur in clusters in subordinate clauses, they all precede V, except for past marker het (e.g. dat sy moes kon ge-sien het [that 3SG.F.NOM must be.able PCL-seen PST] 'that she must have been able to see'). In main clauses, however, a finite auxiliary will always precede the verb, owing to the (obligatory) effects of V2.

Values

In a leftward position Frequency: 75.0%

Example 29-74:
Anders sou hy kon geval het.
Anders
Otherwise
sou
should
hy
3sg.m.nom
kon
could
ge-val
ptcp-fallen
het.
pst
Otherwise he might have fallen.
Example 29-78:
Sy word herhaaldelik deur die lawaai wakker gemaak.
Sy
3sg.f.nom
word
becomes
herhaaldelik
repeatedly
deur
by
die
the
lawaai
noise
wakker
awake
ge-maak.
ptcp-make
She is repeatedly awakened by the noise.
Confidence:
Very certain

Immediately following the verb Frequency: 25.0%

Example 29-75:
omdat hy gister geval het vs. hy het gister geval
omdat
because
hy
3sg.m
gister
yesterday
geval
fallen
het
pst
vs.
vs.
hy
3sg.m
het
pst
gister
yesterday
geval
fallen
because he fell yesterday vs. he fell yesterday
Example 29-76:
[...] dat sy gister gevind is
[...]
[...]
dat
that
sy
3sg.f.nom
gister
yesterday
ge-vind
ptcp-find
is
pass.pst
[...] that she was found yesterday
Example 29-77:
[...] dat baie boeke so verkoop kan word
[...]
[...]
dat
that
baie
many
boeke
books
so
so
verkoop
sold
kan
can
word
become
[...] that many books can be sold in that way
Confidence:
Very certain