Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Values

Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Example 66-1:
Go bicaya luyang.
Go
1sg
bicaya
believe
lu-yang.
2sg-acc.def
I believe you. (NOT: I believed you.)
Example 66-56:
Kumarin go nasi si-makan. / Kumarin go nasi *makan.
Kumarin
yesterday
go
1sg
nasi
rice
si-makan.
pst-eat
Yesterday I ate rice.
Confidence:
Certain