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Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
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Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
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Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Example 32-75:
Kes tropa táva te korrê.
Kes
det
tropa
troop
táva
pst
.
ipfv
te
prog
korrê.
run
The troops were running.
Portuguese:
As tropas estavam a correr.
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Example 32-76:
Kes tropa
ka
táva te korrê.
Kes
det
tropa
troop
ka
neg
táva
pst
.
ipfv
te
prog
korrê.
run
The troops were not running.
Portuguese:
As tropas não estavam a correr.
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Feature:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
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