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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
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Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Example 31-99:
Mi’N sta li mi so ku kel dos.
Mi’N
I
sta
am
li
here
mi
me
so
only
ku
with
kel
these
dos.
two
I am here alone with only these two.
Source:
nd
Example 31-100:
N ben kaza. vs. N bai nha kaza.
N
I
ben
come
kaza.
home
vs.
vs.
N
I
bai
go
nha
my
kaza.
house
I came home. vs. I went home.
Source:
2000
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
Source:
2000
;
nd
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