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Example 58-63
Yandi
vand-aka
ku-dia.
Yandi
he/she
vand-aka
sit-
pst
ku-dia.
inf
-eat
He/she was eating.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual and progressive
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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