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Example 19-85
Ustin
kìn de
insay de?
Us=tin
q
=thing
kìn
hab
de
cop
insay
inside
de?
there
What is usually in there?
Comment:
In this example, the habitual marker
KÌN
is used with the stative copular verb
DE
with a current state meaning.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 201
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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