Thursday, December 29, 2011

Can you help me with some phrases start of a sentence?Such as: I'm going…. I'm doing…, I'm eating …. etc..

Progressives?
Use subject + ap + verb

Mwen |   ap                            |  chante    |  Uncontracted
M         |   ap                            |  chante    |  Contracted
I            |   Progressive marker |  sing          |
I am singing.


Li          |  ap                            |  pale   |  Uncontracted
L           |  ap                             |  pale   |  Contracted
He/She  |  Progressive marker  |  talk    |
He's talking.


Nou  |  ap                            |  manje    | Uncontracted
N       |  ap                            |  manje     | Contracted
We    |  Progressive marker  |  eat          |
We're eating.


Eske            |   ou     |  ap                           |  dòmi  |  Uncontracted
Eske             |   w      |  ap                            |  dòmi   |  Contracted
Interrogative |   you   |  progressive marker   |  sleep   |
marker
Are you sleeping?

See more on progressive form part 1 thru 4 here...

No comments:

Post a Comment