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Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
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Inchoative expressed by completive marker
Example 31-101:
Nton N nese la, mas dipos ki'N
dja sta
rapas go [...].
Nton
so
N
I
nese
born
la,
there
mas
but
dipos
afterwards
ki'N
that.I
dja
compl
sta
be
rapas
young.man
go
then
[...].
[...]
So I was born there but after I became a young man [...].
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
Source:
nd
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