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Example 67-107
[...] dulu Hainan punya orang ah tak pandai la.
[...]
[...]
dulu
before
Hainan
Hainan
punya
attr
orang
person
ah
top
tak
neg
pandai
skillful
la.
emph
[...] before, the Hainanese were not skillful.
Comment:
This sentence has a past habitual reading.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: No overt habitual marker
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