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Example 55-79
Ganes pe
tuzur
travay Fyuel
Ganes
Ganesh
pe
prog
tuzur
still
travay
work
Fyuel
FUEL
Ganesh is still working for FUEL (Flacq United Estates Ltd) (i.e. he continues to be employed there and hasn't yet retired).
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
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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