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Example 64-96
ána bifékir obóma de ma kwes
ána
1sg
bi=fékir
irr
=think
obóma
oboma
de
dem
.
prox
ma
neg
kwes
good
I guess that oboma is not good.
Comment:
Bi
has a generic present meaning when followed by a stative verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Tosco 1995
: 437
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, current state, and future
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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