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Example 47-93
Mi ta drechando un auto
kual
mi lo bende despues.
Mi
1sg
ta
tns
drechá-ndo
repair-
ger
un
indf
auto
car
kual
which
mi
1sg
lo
mood
bende
sell
despues.
after
I am repairing a car which I will sell afterwards.
Comment:
Note that the suffix
-ndo
unambiguously marks the predicate as progressive.
Type:
published source
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 318
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
Object relative clauses: Relative pronoun
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