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Example 54-105
Li lé apré bien kozé, komsa li tonb [...].
Li
3sg
le
cop
.
prs
apre
prog
byen
well
koze,
talking
komsa
like.that
li
3sg
tonm
fall
[...].
[...]
He keeps on talking, and like this he falls down [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 183
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
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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