Stay go

/STAY go/

Going. In the process of going. Currently doing.

Pidgin uses "stay" as a continuous verb marker — like "-ing" in English. "I stay go" means "I am going." "We stay go store" means "we are going to the store." "You stay go or you go stay?" is a classic — "Are you going or are you staying?"

Examples

  • I stay go work now.
  • You stay go or you go stay?
  • We stay go beach.

Origin

Pidgin English

Alternate spellings

You stay-go, We stay go, Go stay go, You stay go or you go stay

essential grammar

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Can't. Not possible.

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