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Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
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Example 30-97:
[...], e lenbra di kusa ki=sáibu flába-el, e pazigua.
[...],
[...]
e=lenbra
3sg
=remember
di=kusa
of=thing
ki=sáibu
comp
=wise.man
flá-ba=el
say-
ant
=
3sg
e=pazigua.
3sg
=calm.down
[...] she remembered what the witch doctor had told her and calmed down.
German:
[...] sie erinnerte sich an das, was ihr der Medizinmann gesagt hatte und beruhigte sich.
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 34
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
Source:
Lang 1993
: 152-158
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