| 16. |
ape |
nu?u -
ta?ttain-a-pe |
|
‘You |
will have drunk’ |
|
| 17. |
ako |
duraŋ-ta?ttain-a-pe |
|
‘They |
will have sung’ |
|
| 18. |
aiŋ |
ir-ta?ttain-a-iŋ |
|
‘I |
will have reaped’ |
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4.2.4.2.
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Progressive aspect
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Progressive
aspect describes an action or event which is in progress. The
progressive aspect occurs in all three tenses giving past
progressive, present progressive and future progressive. The
past progressive is expressed by the markers-lentain-len, -tantaiken
and -ken which freely alternate with each other.
|
|
1.
|
Present progressive : The present
progressive is expressed by the markers - tan, - ja?t, ja?tji,
- ji, ja?tji or - ji is used when th eobject is animate; -
ja?t, or - tan is used when the object is inanimate.
|
|
19.
|
soma |
seno - tan - a-?e |
|
‘Soma |
is going’ |
|
|
20.
|
aiŋ
|
jom-tan-a-iŋ
|
|
‘I am |
eating’ |
|
|
21.
|
aiŋ
|
ir-tan-a-iŋ
|
|
‘I am |
reaping’ |
|
|
22.
|
ape |
nu?u-ja?t-a-pe |
|
‘You |
are drinking’ |
|
|
23.
|
ako
|
duraŋ-tan-a-ko
|
|
‘They |
are singing’ |
|
24. |
aiŋ |
h   a-ke- |
lel-ja?tji-a-iŋ |
|
I |
man-case |
look asp-PT |
|
‘I am |
looking at
a man’ |
|
25. |
aiŋ |
ha-ke |
lel-ji-a-iŋ |
|
‘I am
looking at a man’ |
|
26. |
aiŋ |
uri?a-ke |
lel-ja?tji-a-iŋ |
|
‘I am
looking at a cow’ |
|
27. |
aiŋ |
darua |
lel-ja?t-a-iŋ |
|
‘I am
looking at a tree’ |
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2.
|
Past Progressive :
|
|
The past progressive is expressed by the
marker tantailen or tantaiken or ken as shown below. The
markers alternate freely with each other.
|
|
27.
|
soma
|
sen-lentailen-a-?e
|
|
‘Soma was
going’ |
|
|
28.
|
suni
|
hiju-lentailen-a-?e
|
|
Suny |
come-asp-cop-PT |
|
‘Suny was
coming’ |
|
|
29.
|
aiŋ
|
jom-tantailen-a-iŋ
|
}
|
|
aiŋ |
jom-tantaiken-a-iŋ |
} |
|
aiŋ |
jom-ken
-a-ŋ |
} |
|
I |
eat-asp- cop-PT |
|
‘I was
eating’ |
|
|
30.
|
aiŋ
|
ir-tantailen-a-iŋ
|
}
|
|
aiŋ |
ir-tantaiken-a-iŋ |
} |
|
aiŋ |
ir-ken-a-iŋ |
} |
|
I |
reap-asp-cop-PT |
|
|
‘I was
reaping’ |
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