湖南方言的前置进行体大多围绕着“在”类标记来表达,较多的方言点还出现“在”与抽象处所成分构成的复合式标记“在箇”类,其处所性成分“箇”不能单用,处所义十分微弱,甚至丢失,使“在箇”的空间性让位给时间性,形成一个偏义进行体标记.在湖南境内各方言中,这种偏义标记词的虚化程度存在不平衡性.
The prepositive progressive aspect of Hunan dialect is always expressed by the marker “Zai” (在), and many dialects have compound marker like “Zai Ge” (在箇 ), which is composed of “Zai”(在)and abstract locative demonstratives. The locative demonstrative “Ge” (箇) of “Zai Ge”(在箇 )cannot be used alone, and the locative meaning is very weak or even disappeared, which is resigning to temporal meaning and making it a partial word marker of the progressive aspect. The degree of virtualization of the partial word marker differs in various Hunan dialects.