Value Progressive, habitual, current state, and future

Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Uses of the progressive marker
References
Goury and Migge 2003: 90--92; Huttar and Huttar 1994: 497-501, 491

Examples

  1. Nownow mi e wasi beenki.
    Nownow
    now.now
    mi
    I
    e
    ipfv
    wasi
    wash
    beenki.
    dishes
    I'm washing dishes now.

    See Goury and Migge 2003: 90

  2. A wooko di den uman sama e du na paandi goon.
    A
    det.sg
    wooko
    work
    di
    rel
    den
    det.pl
    uman
    woman
    sama
    person
    e
    ipfv
    du
    do
    na
    cop
    paandi
    plant
    goon.
    field
    The women's work is planting fields.

    See Huttar and Huttar 1994: 498

  3. Mi e biibi san e sikiifi a ini a beibel.
    Mi
    I
    e
    ipfv
    biibi
    believe
    san
    what
    e
    ipfv
    sikiifi
    write
    a
    loc
    ini
    in
    a
    det.sg
    beibel.
    Bible
    I believe/trust in what is written in the Bible.
  4. Tamaa mi e gwe.
    Tamaa
    tomorrow
    mi
    I
    e
    ipfv
    gwe.
    leave
    I'll leave tomorrow.