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Example 36-67
Ê
thêka nhuka
bê r'ê.
Ê
she
thêka
prog
nhuka
beautiful
bê
go
ri=ê.
of=
3sg
She is getting very beautiful.
French:
Elle est en train de devenir belle.
Comment:
Bê r'ê
'to go + reflexive' is a telicizer, which in Angolar is compatible with the progressive marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 79
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive marker
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