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Example 17-67
À bin do̱n ko̱m dè go.
À
1sg
.
sbj
bin
ant
do̱n
compl
ko̱m
REALIS
dè
ncompl
go.
go
I had actually been going.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 73
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
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