Value Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Examples

  1. Dì plàntí dè rɛp.
    Dì
    def
    plàntí
    plantain
    dè
    ipfv
    rɛp.
    ripe
    The plantain is ripening.
  2. Dì plàntí dɔn rɛp.
    Dì
    def
    plàntí
    plantain
    dɔn
    prf
    rɛp.
    ripe
    The plaintain is (already) ripe/ has (already) become ripe.