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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Suppletion according to tense and aspect
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Weak suppletion according to tense only
Example 31-103:
Es
tinha
ses kazinha ma es ben bende.
Es
they
tinha
had
ses
their
kazinha
home
ma
but
es
they
ben
come
bende.
sell
They had their house but they came to sell it.
Source:
nd
Example 31-104:
Dja’N fra-bu, tenpu
era
run.
Dja’N
comp
.I
fra-bu,
tell-you
tenpu
times
era
were
run.
bad
I told you, the times were bad.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect
Source:
nd
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