Datapoint Principense/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

There are two adverbs that may intervene between the past marker and the verb: maxi ... fa 'not yet' and kwaji 'almost'.

Values

Particle, a few lexical items may intervene

Example 37-68:
Wêt'ora unôtxi ê tava maxi kalsa fa.
Wêtu
eight
ora
hour
unôtxi
night
ê
3sg
tava
pst
maxi
yet
kalsa
put.shoes
fa.
neg
At eight o’clock in the evening, he hadn’t put his shoes on yet.

Source: Maurer 2009: 70

Confidence:
Very certain