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Example 64-100
kan úo ma der mótoro rája le nas mótoro ma
bi
nénzil
kan
cond
úo
3sg
ma
neg
der
want
mótoro
rain
rája
come.back
le
to
nas
people
mótoro
rain
ma
neg
bi=nénzil
irr
=go.down
If he doesn’t want the rain to come back to the people, the rain won’t fall down.
Comment:
Here
bi
functions as counterfactual in a conditional sentence.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 167
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, current state, and future
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