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Example 57-43
ta atra nde fe kwa se mata?
ta
2sg
atra
prog
nde
prog
fe
do
kwa
what
se
this
mata?
morning
What are you doing this morning?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 161
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
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