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Example 8-72
Mi de nyam di fuud.
Mi
1sg
de
prog
nyam
eat
di
det
fuud.
food
I am eating the food.
Comment:
Here the progressive marker is used for progressive.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive, habitual, and future
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, progressive and future
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