Datapoint Tayo/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

Values

Particle, nothing can intervene

Example 57-43:
ta atra nde fe kwa se mata?
ta
2sg
atra
prog
nde
prog
fe
do
kwa
what
se
this
mata?
morning
What are you doing this morning?

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 161

Example 57-145:
jer swar ma atra nde lir
jer
yesterday
swar
evening
ma
1sg
atra
prog
nde
prog
lir
read
Last night I was reading.

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 161

Example 57-146:
se kwa sola atra nde fe?
se
presv
kwa
what
sola
3pl
atra
prog
nde
prog
fe?
do
What are they doing at the moment?

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 197

Confidence:
Certain