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Example 34-68
Gósiŋ i ka podé kudí-bu parbiya i
na
tarbajá.
Gósiŋ
now
i
3sg
.
sbj
ka
neg
ø
pfv
podé
can
kudí-bu
answer-
2sg
.
obj
parbiya
because
i
3sg
.
sbj
na
prog
tarbajá
work
Ø.
prs
He/she cannot answer you now because he/she is working.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive and future
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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