Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
The past marker is a phonologically fused second order prefix; the only first order prefix is the perfective marker ka- (and this intervenes between the tense-marker and the verb).
The verb teem 'be' has the suppletive past form tiɲa and the verb andaa 'go' has an optional suppletive past stem: jaa-foy alongside regular jaa-andaa. Auxiliaries carry a clause's tense-marking. Tense and aspect generally are marked by separate morphemes, but when teem/ tiɲa is used as the perfect marker, tense and aspect are fused into a single form: e.g. uŋ gɔɔta jeentis-pa mee falaa tiña [one few people-DAT FOC tell be:PST] 'He had only invited a few people.'
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- Example 41-61:
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poɖiyaas sudu akantu mee yanasa, aka kaazantupoɖiyaaschildrensuduallaka-ntuthat-locmeefocjaa-nasa,pst-be.bornakathatkaaza-ntuhouse-locThe children were all born there, in that house.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5105
- Example 41-78:
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osiir mee maay; paay yakamuraosiir3sg.honmeefocmaay;motherpaayfatherjaa-kaa-murapst-pfv-dieSHE (indicating woman present) is my mother; my father has died.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5092-4
- Confidence:
- Very certain