Value Progressive, habitual, and future

Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Uses of the progressive marker
References
Stolz 1986: 179

Examples

  1. Morək mi lō lō.
    Morək
    tomorrow
    mi
    1sg
    lō
    fut
    lō.
    go
    Tomorrow I will go.

    See Josselin de Jong 1926: 23

  2. Mi lō lō a mi grani.
    Mi
    1sg
    lō
    prog
    lō
    go
    a
    loc
    mi
    1sg
    grani.
    grandma
    I am going to my grandma.

    See Josselin de Jong 1926: 19

  3. Mi ha fo lo werán a Ameriki, wapi sinu lo mā di flut sinu.
    Mi
    1sg
    ha
    have
    fo
    for
    lo
    go
    werán
    again
    a
    to
    Ameriki,
    America
    wapi
    where
    sinu
    3pl
    lo
    hab
    mā
    make
    di
    det
    flut
    flute
    sinu.
    3pl
    I have to go to America again, where they make those flutes.

    See Josselin de Jong 1926: 48

  4. Nu di hou man a ho di klēn jung lō blās də flute.
    Nu
    now
    di
    det
    hou
    old
    man
    man
    a
    pst
    ho
    hear
    di
    det
    klēn
    small
    jung
    boy
    lō
    prog
    blās
    blow
    də
    art.def
    flute.
    flute
    Now the old man heard a little boy play the flute.

    See Josselin de Jong 1926: 42