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Example 67-101
Jumari ah, dia banyak sibuk. Dia sedang sapu.
Jumari
Jumari
ah,
top
dia
3sg
banyak
much
sibuk.
busy
Dia
3sg
sedang
prog
sapu.
sweep
[As for] Jumari, he is very busy. He is [in the process of] sweeping.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 173
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
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
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