Example 23-80

Plante taim ol turis i stap kam askem ol kain information about ol aota aelan blong yumi.
Plante
plenty
taim
time
ol
pl
turis
tourist
i
agr
stap
hab
kam
come
askem
ask
ol
pl
kain
kind
information
information
about
about
ol
pl
aota
outer
aelan
island
blong
of
yumi.
1pl.incl
Tourists often come asking for all kinds of information about our outer islands.
Comment:
I believe the status of kam (and go) in sentences like this is similar to the status of come and go in English, they are quasi-auxiliaries. The habitual marker has scope over both the verbs, I would not translate this 'are coming (and/to) ask', but if this is a characteristic that is in the process of grammaticalizing, there may be different interpretations open at the same time.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Trading Post, 10 June 1998