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Example 72-74
Dat warlakungkuma im kilimbatkarra dat biyu hawuj.
Dat
the
warlaku-ngku-ma
dog-
erg
-
top
im
3sg
kil-im-bat-karra
hit-
tr
-
cont
-
cont
dat
the
bi-yu
bee-
dat
hawuj.
home
The dog, he is hitting the bee's home.
Comment:
The progressive markers are suffixes found on the verb.
Type:
peer elicitation
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 419
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Affix
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
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