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Example 66-57
seksasaraa jaaði (ambε a-datang), matam ambε a-datang
seksasaraa
tired
jaaði
become
(ambε
(while
a-datang),
prs
-come)
matam
ripe
ambε
while
a-datang
prs
-come
beginning to get tired, beginning to ripen
Comment:
Mulai
is used insted of
ambε a-datang
by the older generation in Kirinda.
Ambε a-datang
is the most frequent inchoative construction.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive marker
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