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Example 32-71
N ka
ta
kontá mas.
N
1sg
ka
neg
ta
fut
kontá
tell
mas.
more
I will not tell any more (stories).
Portuguese:
Não vou contar mais (histórias).
Comment:
Here the marker
ta
indicates future.
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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