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Example 66-58
Itu poʈʈi akosong.
Itu
det
poʈʈi
box
a-kosong.
prs
-empty
That box is becoming empty.
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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