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Example 25-235
Ai dono hau thei
gada gajimbat
[...] ola ebarrijing.
Ai
1sg
dono
don't.know
hau
how
thei
3pl
gada
fut
/
oblig
gaj-im-bat
get-
tr
-
prog
[...]
[...]
ola
pl
ebarrijing.
thing
I don't know how they're going to get [their] things.
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates a combination of future/modal and progressive marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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