Example 25-225

Olabat bin grajing yem.
Olabat
3pl
bin
pst
graj-ing
scratch-prog2
yem.
yam
They were digging yam.
Comment:
Variety: Written or spoken Roper River. This example illustrates the use of -in/-ing as a progressive marker (the other progressive marker is -bat).
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979: 114