Example 41-81

etus gɛɛra jaabuskaa. mataa, kortaa taam tiña tudus.
etus
3pl
gèèra
war
jaa-buskaa.
pst-seek
mataa,
kill
kortaa
cut
taam
prog
tiña
pst.be
tudus.
everyone
They made war. They were all killing and cutting [each other].
Comment:
This illustrates the past progressive.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 3228