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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 5-74:
dem
bin don
noo wa fu du
dem
3pl
bin
pst
don
compl
noo
know
wa
what
fu
to
du
do
They had already known what to do.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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