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Example 64-97
yúmkin íta birákabu ákil bi lel íta bikútu fi talája
yúmkin
possible
íta
2sg
bi=rákabu
irr
=cook
ákil
food
bi
at
lel
night
íta
2sg
bi=kútu
irr
=put
fi
in
talája
refrigerator
You could cook the food at night so as to put it in the refrigerator.
Comment:
Here
bi
has a present + irrealis meaning.
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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