Balkan Slavic (Trebisht). : Perfect forms used as evidential, 2
| t’uku g’orcija ‘esti vo ‘evropa. – a:, n’emat v’orska, ka b’ila vo ‘evropa | |||||||||||
tuku but | Gorcija Greece(F) | esti be(IPFV).PRS.3SG | vo in | Evropa Europe | a: a | nemat NEG.have.PRS.3SG | vorska connection(F) | ka like | bi-l-a be(IPFV)-PTCP-F.SG | vo in | Evropa Europe |
| -But Greece is in Europe (member of the EU)! -A! It makes no difference, that it is in Europe. | |||||||||||
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Sobolev & Novik (eds.) 2013: 56