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| i. Present |
The present progressive aspect is formed by suffixing -a:  , which indicates progress to the past stem of the verb in case of verbs taking -u as the verbal participle marker. In case of verbs taking -i as the verbal participle marker, the suffix -ko is suffixed to the verbal participle form of the verb. |
ure-c-a:-u -PNG |
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‘is smearing’ |
| nada-nd-a:-u-PNG |
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‘is walking’ |
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| Here, u- is the appellative verb having the meaning ‘exist’. |
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| nane-nj-a:-u-PNG |
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‘is becoming wet’ |
| pa:-i-ko-u-PNG |
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‘is singing’ |
| pa:r-i-ko-u-PNG |
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‘is flying’ |
| naa-t-i-ko-u-PNG |
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‘is making walk’ |
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ava:u nila ureca:ua:u
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‘She is smearing the floor’
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ave polatu u:yiko ula
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‘He is ploughing the land’
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