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Nengee
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Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
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Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
Example 4-75:
Den be sa man kweki en?
Den
they
be
pst
sa
pot
man
able
kweki
raise
en?
him
Would they have been able to raise him?
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 101
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 491ff
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