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Example 67-102
Lagi saya mamatua ada tinggal.
Lagi
besides
saya
1sg
mamatua
mother-in-law
ada
be
tinggal.
live
Besides, my mother-in-law was living (with us).
Comment:
In this sentence
ada tinggal
has a past progressive reading.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 173
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
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