Value Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
References
Maurer 2009: 69ff.

Examples

  1. Bana sê sa wô.
    Bana
    banana
    sê
    dem
    sa
    prog
    wô.
    ripen
    This plantain is ripening (on the tree).

    See Maurer 2009: 242

  2. Bana wô.
    Bana
    plantain
    Ø
    pfv
    wô.
    ripen
    The plantain is ripe. OR: The plantain has ripened.

    See Maurer 2009