Example 29-88

Hy is besig om te werk.
Hy
3sg.m.nom
is
is
besig
busy
om
inf.conj
te
to
werk.
work.inf
He is busy working.
Comment:
Besig wees om te [busy be INF.CONJ to] is not restricted to agentive contexts - cf. Hy is besig om sy bewussyn te verloor [3SG.M.NOM is busy INF.CONJ his consciousness to lose.INF] 'he is in the process of losing consciousness'). The placement of is here is dictated by V2.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge