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Tense-aspect systems
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Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Example 38-85:
I bi sa feu.
Eli
3sg
bi
ant
sa
be
feu.
ill
He was ill.
Example 38-86:
Bo bi sa namina.
Bo
2sg
bi
ant
sa
be
na-mina.
art
-child
You were a child.
Example 38-87:
Ineni bi sxa tabaya.
Ineni
3pl
bi
ant
sxa
prog
tabaya.
work
They had been working.
Example 38-88:
Ineni bi ske tabaya.
Ineni
3pl
bi
ant
ske
irr
tabaya.
work
They would have gone to work.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Feature:
Tense-aspect systems
Source:
Own fieldwork 1990
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