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Example 3-58
A bi lo u ta fɛɛɛ dagu.
A
3sg
bi
tns
lo
love
u
for
ta
asp
fɛɛɛ
fear
dagu.
dog
S/he had been fearing dogs regularly.
Comment:
Lo
is the habitual marker here (derived from
lóbi
'love').
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
van de Vate 2008
: 191
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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