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Example 68-57
Katong ada dudu tado-tado, dong datang bahonge sa.
Katong
1pl
ada
prog
dudu
sit
tado~tado,
quiet~quiet
dong
3pl
datang
come
ba-honge
BA-make.noise
sa.
only
We were sitting very quietly, and they came just to disturb us.
Comment:
Ba
is a verbal prefix with complex functions.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 191
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
Tense-aspect systems: Purely aspectual system
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity, overtly expressed
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