Value Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
References
Schröder 2003: 89ff.

Examples

  1. A di smol.
    A
    1sg.sbj
    di
    ipfv
    smol.
    small
    I am losing weight.

    See Féral 1989: 127

  2. Hoa yu bin 'don 'no 'yi?
    Hau
    how
    yu
    2sg.sbj
    bin
    pst
    don
    pfv
    no
    know
    i?
    3sg.obl
    How did you get to know him?

    See Féral 1989: 120