text_combined: summary french creole apres progressive original question concerned use apres french creoles progressive rather perfect would expected typological grounds enormous response precludes listing answered would seem moral story one nt assume normal given case instance simply incorrect assume standard french en train de normal fact would appear standard french innovated respect according respondants apres construction progressive found many vernacular french including canadian swiss cajun one would assume vernacular source creole progressive semantics apres strange assumption form means appear vernacular progressive preserves original sense pres fact conforms expectations based crosslinguistic study standard french corresponding expression aupres many respondents drew attention ving construction english dialect h rogers uoft informs construction perfect progressive since confirmed analysis addition welsh scots gaelic ving perfect likely source construction apparently preposition scots gaelic air means outside progressive construction deigh thanks responded interesting exercise