Value Progressive and habitual

Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
Parameter:
Uses of the progressive marker

Examples

  1. Na ku-hlamí-w-e tw-éeku-ta-butú-w-e makeréno.
    Na
    with
    ku-hlamí-w-e
    15-anoint-pass-prf
    tw-éeku-ta-butú-w-e
    1pl-pst.ipfv-evid-put.in-pass-prf
    makeréno.
    earrings
    And, anointed, we were put on earrings.
  2. véeku-kúru-mo?
    véeku-kúru-mo?
    2:pst:ipfv-cultivate-how
    How were they cultivating?

    See Mous 2003: 121