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Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
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Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers
Example 19-95:
Dì plàntí
dè rɛp
.
Dì
def
plàntí
plantain
dè
ipfv
rɛp.
ripe
The plantain is ripening.
Example 19-96:
Dì plàntí
dɔn rɛp
.
Dì
def
plàntí
plantain
dɔn
prf
rɛp.
ripe
The plaintain is (already) ripe/ has (already) become ripe.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
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Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
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