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Example 29-90
Hy hou aan dieselfde foute maak. — Sy hou aan hard werk.
Hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
hou
keeps
aan
on
dieselfde
the.same
foute
mistakes
maak.
make.
inf
Sy
3sg
.
f
.
nom
hou
carries
aan
on
hard
hard
werk.
work.
inf
He keeps making the same mistakes. — She carries on working hard.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, open-class items may intervene
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