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Example 57-45
ma
atra
n
de
fe kwisin
ma
1sg
atra
prog
nde
prog
fe
make
kwisin
cooking
I am cooking. / I was cooking.
Comment:
The progressive marker can be used for present and past progressive ongoing situations, but not for current states or habitual.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: No or only one tense or aspect marker
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