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Example 17-68
À dè sik.
À
1sg
.
sbj
dè
ncompl
sik.
be.ill
I am (becoming) sick.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 199
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive and habitual
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers
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