Datapoint Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

serial verb construction

Values

Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Example 69-36:
ama təpambi tanan
ama
1sg
təpa-mbi
bathe-dep
ta-nan
prog-nonfut
I'm washing
Confidence:
Very certain