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Tense-aspect systems
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No or only one tense or aspect marker
Example 59-154:
lege ake kanga na peko ti ala biani biani
lege
path
a-ke
pm
-
cop
kanga
close
na
prep
peko
back
ti
of
ala
3pl
biani
truly
biani
truly
The path kept being completely covered up behind them.
Example 59-155:
ifo ni yeke faa mama ni
ifo
necessity
ni
1sg
.
log
yeke
cop
faa
kill
mama
mother
ni
det
He said that he had to kill the mother.
French:
Il fallait qu'il tue la mere.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Language:
Sango
Feature:
Tense-aspect systems
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 155
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