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Example 58-61
Yandi
kele
(ku)dia.
Yandi
he/she
kele
be
(ku)dia.
(
inf
).eat
He/she is eating.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
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
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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