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Example 9-93
Wi no de stodi dat.
Wi
we
no
neg
de
prog
stodi
study
dat.
that
We are not paying attention to that.
Comment:
De
is a progressive preverbal morpheme with present tense reference.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 42
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual and progressive
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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