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Uses of the progressive marker
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Only progressive function
Example 68-57:
Katong ada dudu tado-tado, dong datang bahonge sa.
Katong
1pl
ada
prog
dudu
sit
tado~tado,
quiet~quiet
dong
3pl
datang
come
ba-honge
BA-make.noise
sa.
only
We were sitting very quietly, and they came just to disturb us.
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 191
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Language:
Ambon Malay
Feature:
Uses of the progressive marker
Source:
Scott 2008
: 416
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