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Example 10-104
Di sebn hed jiant
de
kom fi wiek im op.
Di
art
.
def
sebn
seven
hed
head
jiant
giant
de
prog
kom
come
fi
comp
wiek
wake
im
3sg
op.
up
The seven-headed giant was coming to wake him up.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
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