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Example 27-57
Nu di hou man a ho di klēn jung lō blās də flute.
Nu
now
di
det
hou
old
man
man
a
pst
ho
hear
di
det
klēn
small
jung
boy
lō
prog
blās
blow
də
art
.
def
flute.
flute
Now the old man heard a little boy play the flute.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 42
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive, habitual, and future
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