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Example 75-2
La shyenn lii ptsi shyaen meekwaat ayaaweew.
La
def
.
art
.
f
.
sg
shyenn
bitch
lii
art
.
pl
ptsi
small
shyaen
dog
meekwaat
prog
ayaaw-eew.
have.
anim
-3.
sbj
.3.
obj
The bitch is having pups.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 42
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-object-verb (SOV)
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, open-class items may intervene
Uses of the progressive marker: Only progressive function
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