Value Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Language:
Casamancese Creole
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Examples

  1. Mangu-s na burmeju.
    Mangu-s
    mango-pl
    na
    prog
    burmeju.
    red/ripe
    The mangos are ripening.
  2. Mangu-s kabá burmeju.
    Mangu-s
    mango-pl
    ø
    pfv
    kabá
    compl
    burmeju.
    red
    The mangoes have become ripe.