Balkan Slavic (Vranishte). Perfect: auxiliary verb in the active voice: 'to be', 2
| Го искəпала тетка и го стаила w кревет. Шес недеље и умреф он. Go iskəpala tetka i go staila w krevet. Šes nedelje i umref on. | ||||||||||||
go 3SG.M.ACC | iskəpa-l-a wash(PFV)-PTCP-F.SG | tetk-a aunt(F)-SG | i and | go 3SG.M.ACC | stai-l-a put(PFV)-PTCP-F.SG | w in | krevet bed(M).SG | šes six | nedelj-e week(F)-PL | i and | umre-f die(PFV)-PTCP.M.SG | on 3SG.M |
| The aunt washed him and put him to bed. After six weeks he died. Caution: AUX can be omitted in 3SG | ||||||||||||
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Mladenović 2001: 433