Datapoint Kikongo-Kituba/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

The progressive marker is the verb 'be' in the present and 'sit' in the past.

Values

Particle, nothing can intervene

Example 58-60:
Yandi vand-a(k)a sakana.
Yandi
he
vand-a(k)a
sit-pst
sakana.
play
He was playing.
Example 58-61:
Yandi kele (ku)dia.
Yandi
he/she
kele
be
(ku)dia.
(inf).eat
He/she is eating.
Confidence:
Very certain