Example 41-144

etus uŋapa uŋa/uŋa juuntu uŋa tadaaytaam
etus
3pl.hon
uŋa-pa
one-dat
uŋa/uŋa
one/one
juuntu
with
uŋa
one
ta-daay-taam
prs-strike-refl
They are hitting each other.
Comment:
/taam/ is also a progressive marker, but in main clause progressive constructions (a) the verb is marked past or not tense-marked and (b) the auxiliary teem/tiɲa appears.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 4545