Datapoint Sranan/Uses of the progressive marker

Future use is marginal. This is a ‘secondary’ discourse-based interpretation, similar to the use of the English progressive in “I’m coming to see you tonight”.
Example:
En efu a man dati wini en, a kondre e kon bun zeker.
[and if the man that win it the country IPFV come good surely]
'And if that man wins it [the election], the country will surely improve.'
(Winford 2000a: 397)

Values

Progressive, habitual, and current state

Example 2-68:
Fowru e singi, dagu e bari.
Fowru
bird
e
ipfv
singi,
sing
dagu
dog
e
ipfv
bari.
bark
Birds sing, dogs bark.

Source: Winford 2002: 425

Example 2-106:
Mi e sidon dya, mi e denki fu beroof wan bangi now de.
Mi
I
e
ipfv
sidon
sit
dya,
here
mi
I
e
ipfv
denki
think
fu
to
beroof
rob
wan
one
bangi
bank
now
now
de.
there
I’m sitting here thinking to rob a bank right now.

Source: Winford 2002: 423

Example 2-107:
Den man e pina, yungu.
Den
the.pl
man
man
e
ipfv
pina,
suffer
yungu.
man
Those people are suffering, man.

Source: Winford 2002: 424

Example 2-108:
Yu no e sabi a wet so bun.
Yu
2sg
no
neg
e
ipfv
sabi
know
a
det
wet
law
so
so
bun.
good
You don’t really know the law so well.

Source: Voorhoeve 1957: 378

Example 2-109:
Den e afrontu den tongo, tog.
Den
they
e
ipfv
afrontu
turn.against
den
their
tongo,
language
tog.
tag
They turn their backs on their language, right.

Source: Winford 2002: 424

Example 2-110:
Den no e wani taki Sranan Tongo moro.
Den
they
no
neg
e
ipfv
wani
want
taki
talk
Sranan
Suriname
Tongo
tongue
moro.
more
They don't want to speak Sranan Tongo anymore.

Source: Winford 2002: 425

Example 2-111:
Efu pikinso wan druppel nomo kisi yu skin, yu skin e bron.
Efu
if
pikin-so
little-so
wan
one
druppel
drop
nomo
only
kisi
catch
yu
your
skin,
skin
yu
your
skin
skin
e
ipfv
bron.
burn
If even so much as a drop touches your skin, it burns.

Source: Winford 2002: 398

Confidence:
Very certain