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Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
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Tense-Mood-Aspect
Example 56-97:
Si nou ti Sesel, nou
ti ava pe
fini travay sa ler.
Si
if
nou
1pl
ti
pst
Sesel,
Seychelles
nou
1pl
ti
pst
ava
fut
pe
prog
fini
finish
travay
work
sa
def
ler.
hour
If we were in the Seychelles, we would have been about to finish / in the process of finishing at this time (of the day).
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Feature:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers
Source:
Own knowledge
Bollée 1977
: 58f.
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