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Example 49-137
Kòlbè konn vann liv bò isi a.
Kòlbè
Kòlbè
konn
hab
vann
sell
liv
book
bò
around
isi
here
a.
def
Kolbe usually sells books around here.
French:
Colbert a l'habitude de vendre des livres près d'ici.
Comment:
Konn
has ambiguous meaning. Cf. DeGraff (2007: 106): 'Kòlbè knows how to sell books around here.'
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
DeGraff 2007
: 106
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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