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Example 48-87
Ayá loyu ende asé be-ba yená agua.
Ayá
there
loyu
creek
ende
people
asé
hab
be-ba
go-
pst
.
hab
yená
fill
agua.
water
At the creek, we used to go and get water.
Spanish:
En el arroyo la gente (nosotros) íbamos a llenar el agua (a llenar [nuestras recipientes] de agua).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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