6.251 Progressive with future time reference

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Subject: 6.251  Progressive with future time reference
 
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 17:06:44 EST
From: amurzaku at microlytics.com (Aleksander Murzaku)
Subject: Re: 6.221 Sum: Progressive with future time reference
 
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 17:06:44 EST
From: amurzaku at microlytics.com (Aleksander Murzaku)
Subject: Re: 6.221 Sum: Progressive with future time reference
 
At 07:39 PM 2/15/95 -0600, The Linguist List wrote:
)Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 19:07:00 -0400
)From: bertinet at sns.it (Bertinetto)
)Subject: Sum: progressive with future time reference
)
)Some time ago I posted a query concerning the possible existence of
)languages in which the morpheme expressing the notion of "progressive" may
)be used with future time reference, as in English:
)- I am leaving tomorrow.
)The coexistence of progressive and a future time adverbial is the decisive
)factor.
 
I'm sorry I have missed the original request from Pier Marco.
 
Albanian seems to have the same features. The progressive is formed, for both
present and imperfect past, by putting a particle [po] in front of the verb.
The particle is the same for all the forms of the verb.
 
Examples
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1. How the progressive is created:
        ("po" is equivalent to the suffix "-ing" in English)
      a) ai  po  ecte
        [he -ing walk(past imperfect)]
      b) ne  po  ecim
        [we -ing walk(present)]
2. Not every verb can be combined with a future time adverbial (this depends
   from the semantic features of the verb and from the tense - only present)
      a)  po  vi                  neser
        [-ing come(1st person sg) tomorrow]
      b)  po  shkojme           pas nje ore
        [-ing go(1st person pl) in  one hour]
 
If anything is not clear, please, let me know.
 
AM
 
Aleksander Murzaku
 
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