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Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
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Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Example 49-132:
Si moun nan te konn paran w, li pa t ap janm di w betiz.
Si
if
moun
person
nan
def
te
ant
konn
know
paran
parents
w,
2sg
li
3sg
pa
neg
t
ant
ap
inacc
janm
never
di
say
w
2sg
betiz.
nonsense
If the person knew your parents, he/she would have never told you nonsense.
French:
Si la personne connaissait tes parents, elle ne t'aurait jamais dit des bêtises.
Source:
Fattier 1998
: vol 4, p. 345
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Language:
Haitian Creole
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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