Value Progressive, habitual, current state, and future

Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Uses of the progressive marker
References
Kouwenberg and Lefebvre 2007

Examples

  1. E baka ta kome yerba; Baka ta kome yerba; E bakanan ta kome yerba; Bakanan ta kome yerba.
    E
    def
    baka
    cow
    ta
    tns
    kome
    eat
    yerba;
    grass
    baka
    cow
    ta
    tns
    kome
    eat
    yerba;
    grass
    e
    def
    baka
    cow
    nan
    pl
    ta
    tns
    kome
    eat
    yerba;
    grass
    baka
    cow
    nan
    pl
    ta
    tns
    kome
    eat
    yerba.
    grass
    The cow is eating grass. OR: Cows (in general) eat grass. OR: The cows are eating grass.

    See Vos-de Jesus 1989: 82-83

  2. Mi ta gusta esei un mundo.
    mi
    1sg
    ta
    tns
    gusta
    like
    es(un)-ei
    one-dem.nprox
    un
    indf
    mundu
    world
    I like that a lot.

    See Kouwenberg nd

  3. E papel ku mi ta uza aworaki ta papel di saka kopia.
    E
    def
    papel
    paper
    ku
    comp
    mi
    1sg
    ta
    tns
    uza
    use
    awor
    now
    aki
    dem.prox
    ta
    cop
    papel
    paper
    di
    of
    saka
    produce
    kopia.
    copy
    The paper that I now use is photocopy paper.

    See Kouwenberg nd

  4. E ta ranka paña fo’i waya, koba buraku den kurá, kibra mata, [...] i hopi kos mas.
    E
    3sg
    ta
    tns
    ranka
    pull
    paña
    clothes
    for
    from
    di
    of
    waya,
    clothesline
    koba
    dig
    buraku
    hole
    den
    in
    kurá,
    yard
    kibra
    break
    mata,
    plant
    [...]
    [...]
    i
    and
    hopi
    many
    kos
    thing
    mas.
    more
    It will pull clothes off the line, dig holes in the yard, break plants [...] and do many more things.

    See nd: 7 July 2009, p.5