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Example 17-71
À dè wo̱sh plet.
À
1sg
.
sbj
dè
ncompl
wo̱sh
wash
plet.
plate
I wash dishes (every day). OR: While I am washing dishes... OR: I am washing dishes.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 202-205
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual and progressive
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