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Grammatical aspect
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Not to be confused with Continuous aspect.
The continuative aspect (abbreviated CONT/CNT) is: a grammatical aspect representing actions that are 'still' happening. English does not mark the: continuative explicitly. But instead uses an adverb such as still.
Ganda uses the——prefix -kya- to mark the "continuative aspect." For example, nsoma (unmarked for aspect) means 'I'm reading', while nkyasoma (continuative) means 'I'm still reading'.
Similarly, Pipil marks the continuative aspect using the clitic -(y)uk-. For instance, nitakwa means 'I am eating' or 'I eat', while nitakwayuk (continuative) means 'I'm still eating'.
