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Beyond Time - Linguistics - University of California, Berkeley

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(232) a. àbá bàyîmbà bàtàbà<br />

aba ba-yimb-a ba-tab-a<br />

cl2.dem cl2-sing-fv.rc cl2.cmpl-become.happy-fv<br />

‘those who are singing are happy’ (ZT2009Elic147)<br />

b. àbá bàlyâ bàlékùtà<br />

aba ba-li-a ba-la-ikut-a<br />

cl2.dem cl2-eat-fv.rc cl2-noncmpl-become.full-fv<br />

‘those who are eating will be full’ (ZT2009Elic147)<br />

Examples (233) and (234) give graphical depictions <strong>of</strong> the location <strong>of</strong> perspective time<br />

with respect to the situation nucleus in change-<strong>of</strong>-state verbs with -la-.<br />

In (233), the soaking is underway, but has not yet reached completion (a “soaked” state).<br />

(233) omwanja ulabomba<br />

omwanja u-la-bomb-a<br />

cl3.cassava cl3-noncmpl-get.wet-fv<br />

‘the cassava is soaking’ (not ‘the cassava is soaked’) (ZT2007Elic89)<br />

Recall also example (167b), repeated as (234):<br />

(234) ndìlàkòmòkwà<br />

ndi-la-komok-w-a<br />

1sg-noncmpl-surprise-pass-fv<br />

‘I’ll be surprised’<br />

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