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Example 68-56
Lyo, beta ada mo pi.
Lyo,
yes
beta
1sg
ada
prog
mo
fut
pi.
go
Yes, I'm about to go.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 231
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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