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Example 37-69
Mene xintxi ya jingantxi sa
kwaji
xiga.
Mene
Mene
xintxi
feel
ya
comp
jingantxi
ogre
sa
prog
kwaji
almost
xiga.
arrive
Mene felt that the ogre was almost arriving.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 70
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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