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Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
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Example 31-88:
[...] pamo tinha avian ki sa ta koreba na kel tenpu.
[...]
[...]
pamo
because
tinha
was
avian
plane
ki
that
sa
prog
ta
mood
kore-ba
sleep-
ant
na
at
kel
that
tenpu.
time
[...] because there were planes that used to fly at that time.
Source:
nd
Example 31-89:
Es fra un minina go ki
staba ta
bende pexi [...].
Es
they
fra
say
un
a
minina
girl
go
now
ki
that
sta-ba
prog
-
ant
ta
mood
bende
sell
pexi
fish
[...].
[...]
They said that a girl who was then selling fish [...].
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
Source:
nd
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