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Example 9-87
Wi me de wok fu ʃɛl.
Wi
1pl
me
ant
de
prog
wok
work
fu
for
ʃɛl.
Shell
We were working for Shell. OR: We had been working for Shell (when the event occurred).
Comment:
The progressive marker follows the anterior marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1993
: 234
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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