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Value No overt progressive marker
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
Parameter:
Uses of the progressive marker
References
Stefánsson 1909
Examples
wai'hinni artegi annahanna pȗgmȗmmi
wai'hinni
woman
artegi
coat
annahanna
sew
pȗgmȗmmi
now
The woman is sewing a coat now.
See
Stefánsson 1909
: 224
kaktuña mȗkki innuk kōpȗk
kaktuña
hungry
mȗkki
dead
innuk
man
kōpȗk
Kōpȗk
People are starving at Kōpȗk.
See
Stefánsson 1909
: 225
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