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Example 8-73
Mi de go a Tong (tumaro).
Mi
1sg
de
prog
go
go
a
to
Tong
Town
(tumaro).
(tomorrow)
I am / will be going to Town (tomorrow).
Comment:
Here the progressive marker is used as future.
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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