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Value Only progressive function
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
Parameter:
Uses of the progressive marker
Examples
Yandi
kele
(ku)dia.
Yandi
he/she
kele
be
(ku)dia.
(
inf
).eat
He/she is eating.
yandi
vand-aa
dia/
vand-aka
ku-dia
yandi
he/she
vand-aa
sit-
pst
dia/
eat
vand-aka
sit-
pst
ku-dia
inf
-eat
he/she used to eat
Yandi
vand-aka
ku-dia.
Yandi
he/she
vand-aka
sit-
pst
ku-dia.
inf
-eat
He/she was eating.
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