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Example 32-66
Ma y grinhasin, uk bo
ti ta
fazê?
Ma
but
y
and
grinhasin,
now
uk
what
bo
2sg
ti
prs
ta
prog
fazê?
do
What are you doing now?
Portuguese:
O que está a fazer?
Comment:
Ti ta
is a dissimilation of
ta ta.
It has progressive meaning here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive, habitual, and current state
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