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Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Examples
(ja)fayataanteem/tiɲa/loteem vs. jafaya teem/tiɲa/loteem
jaa-faya-taam
pst
-do-
prog
teem/tiɲa/lo-teem
be.
prs
/be.
pst
/
fut
-be
vs.
vs.
jaa-faya
pst
-do
teem/tiɲa/lo-teem
be.
prs
/be.
pst
/
fut
-be
is/was/will be doing vs. has/had/will have done
asii tɛɛndutaam noos botaa um mɔɔstar daaytaan teem
asii
thus
tɛɛndutaam
even.so
noos
1pl
botaa
put
um
one
mɔɔstar
way
daay-taam
put.up.with-
prog
teem
prs
.be
Even so, we are trying and somehow putting up with him.
See
Smith 1974-5
: 1389
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