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Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
The past marker is a suffix and always adjacent to the verb stem. Nothing can intervene.
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Example 61-47:
Yena hamb
ile
.
Yena
he
hamb-ile.
go-
pst
He went. OR: He/She/It has gone.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Language:
Fanakalo
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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