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Example 32-70
Bosê
ta
kreditá n'es kóza?
Bosê
2sg
.
pol
ta
prs
kreditá
believe
na
in
es
dem
kóza?
thing
Do you believe in this?
Portuguese:
O senhor acredita nisso?
Comment:
Here, the marker
ta
apart from marking present tense indicates current state.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, progressive, current state, and future
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