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Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Example 34-68:
Gósiŋ i ka podé kudí-bu parbiya i
na
tarbajá.
Gósiŋ
now
i
3sg
.
sbj
ka
neg
ø
pfv
podé
can
kudí-bu
answer-
2sg
.
obj
parbiya
because
i
3sg
.
sbj
na
prog
tarbajá
work
Ø.
prs
He/she cannot answer you now because he/she is working.
Example 34-71:
Kontra N sá
baŋ
mininu, tudu diya N
ta
bay
baŋ
sikola.
Kontra
when
N
1sg
.
sbj
ø
pfv
sá
cop
baŋ
pst
mininu,
child
tudu
all
diya
day
N
1sg
.
sbj
ta
hab
bay
go
baŋ
pst
sikola.
school
When I was a child, I would go to school every day.
Example 34-197:
i sá baŋ na kumé / i na kumé baŋ na
i
3sg
sá
cop
baŋ
pst
na
prog
kumé
eat
/
/
i
3sg
na
prog
kumé
eat
baŋ
pst
na
ass
He was eating.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Language:
Casamancese Creole
Feature:
Tense-aspect systems
Source:
Own knowledge
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