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Aspect change in verb chains
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Aspect change in verb chains is not possible
Example 31-102:
N
sai
di kaza i N staba ta anda un katxor go morde-m na kanela.
N
I
Ø
pfv
sai
leave
di
of
kaza
house
i
and
N
I
staba
be.
ant
ta
prog
anda
walk
un
a
katxor
dog
go
then
morde=m
bit=me
na
on
kanela.
leg
I went out of the house and I was walking when a dog bit my leg.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Aspect change in verb chains
Source:
own knowledge (Marlyse Baptista)
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