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Example 17-65
À fò̱ (bin) do̱n (ko̱m) dè wàka finish.
À
1sg
.
sbj
fò̱
irr
(bin)
(
ant
)
do̱n
compl1
(ko̱m)
(REALIS)
dè
ncompl
wàka
walk
finish.
compl2
I should have (had) been (actually) walking already.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 73
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive and habitual
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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