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Example 11-131
Puor Mansi stil mi
deh
wiet fa hier di swiit swiit myuuzik.
Puor
poor
Mansi
Mansi
stil
still
mi
pst
deh
prog
wiet
wait
fa
for
hier
hear
di
art
.
def
swiit
sweet
swiit
sweet
myuuzik.
music
Poor Mansi was still there waiting in order to hear the sweet, sweet music.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kuos Riijan Stuoriz I
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Affix
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