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Example 49-18
Li konn fè travay la
souvan.
Li
he/she
konn
have.the.habit.of
fè
do
travay
work
la
def
souvan.
often
He/She has the habit of doing this work often.
French:
Il/Elle a l’habitude de faire souvent ce travail.
Comment:
Cf.
Atlas linguistique d’Haïti
(Fattier 1998)
,
map 2127.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Fattier 1998
: vol. 6, p. 264
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
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