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Example 54-106
Li lé apré toujour anmèrdé.
Li
3sg
le
cop
.
prs
apre
prog
toujour
always
anmerde.
annoy
He is always annoying [us].
Canadian French:
Il est toujours après [nous] ennuyer (emmerder).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 109
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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