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Example 64-98
sána jái de úo
bikun
abúna
sána
year
jái
coming
de
dem
.
prox
úo
3sg
bi=kun
irr
=be
abúna
priest
Next year he will be a priest.
Comment:
Here
bi
has a future meaning.
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
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