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Example 69-37
mən kundamwin tandaumbi tanan
mən
3sg
kundamwin
two
tandau-mbi
sit/stay.
dep
ta-nan
prog
-
nonfut
The two of them were staying.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
Tense-aspect systems: Purely aspectual system
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