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Example 23-84
olgeta oli stap yusum fasin blong bifo yet
olgeta
3pl
oli
agr
stap
prog
/
hab
yusum
use
fasin
fashion
blong
poss
bifo
before
yet
yet
They still do things the old-fashioned way.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, progressive, and current state
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