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Example 32-68
Iza
ti ta
fumá.
Iza
Iza
ti
prs
ta
prog
fumá.
smoke
Iza smokes.
Portuguese:
Iza fuma.
Comment:
Ti ta
is a dissimilation of
ta ta.
It has habitual meaning here.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive, habitual, and current state
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