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Example 69-36
ama təpambi tanan
ama
1sg
təpa-mbi
bathe-
dep
ta-nan
prog
-
nonfut
I'm washing
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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