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Example 26-56
ðɛ pipo kɹain dæ deɪ laɪg deɪ neɪʃɛn bæg
ðɛ
art
pipo
people
kɹa-in
cry-
prog
dæ
that
deɪ
3pl
laɪg
desid
deɪ
3pl
.
poss
neɪʃɛn
nation
bæg
back
People are shouting that they want their nation back.
Comment:
DESID = desiderative
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 90
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Affix
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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