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Example 49-138
Malè konn rive.
Malè
misfortune
konn
hab
rive.
arrive
Sometimes a misfortune can happen.
French:
Il arrive parfois que le malheur frappe.
Comment:
The meaning is: '(it) sometimes happens (that)'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Valdman et al. (eds.) 2007
: 364
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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