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Example 17-70
À dè wo̱sh plet.
À
1sg
.
sbj
dè
ncompl
wo̱sh
wash
plet.
plate
I am washing dishes. OR: While I am washing dishes... OR: I wash dishes (every day).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 202-205
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive and habitual
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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