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Example 2-112
Den ben lafu unu taki unu no ben gwenti si trein.
Den
they
ben
pst
lafu
laugh
unu
us
taki
say
unu
we
no
neg
ben
pst
gwenti
accustomed
si
see
trein.
train
They laughed at us saying that we weren’t used to seeing trains.
Comment:
This is another way of marking customary actions, by use of the form
gwenti
‘accustomed to’. I don’t think it’s accurate to call this a habitual marker.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 25-a
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, progressive, and current state
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