Example 20-59

希郎温毡地文託其
He long one gentleman talkee.
He
3sg
long
com
one
art.indf
gentleman
gentleman
talkee.
talk
He is talking with a gentleman.
Comment:
Examples such as this are pidgin renderings of Standard English sentences in the progressive aspect, and show no sign of aspect marking.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862: VI.39