Datapoint Pidgin Hawaiian/Uses of the progressive marker

For the vast majority of texts, there is no progressive marker. A few speakers however used ana as an optional means of marking progressive events; this form did not indicate habitual, whether in the lexifier or in the pidgin. The habitual was generally marked via adverbials. There is another potential marker noho which occurs with the habitual. It is however very uncertain, as the potential continuous sense is limited to a single ambiguous example.

Values

Only progressive function

Example 71-77:
Olelo hou ana.
Olelo
speak
hou
again
ana.
ipfv
[He] was speaking again.
Example 71-76:
Aole wau manao make ana wau, aka, wau nui loa eha keia manawa.
Aole
neg
wau
1sg
manao
think
make
die
ana
ipfv
wau,
1sg
aka,
but
wau
1sg
nui
much
loa
very
eha
hurt
keia
this
manawa.
time
I didn't think I was dying but I was in a lot of pain at the time.
Confidence:
Very certain