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Example 9-90
Dodo de tro di krefiʃ in de i musa de tink dat.
Dodo
dodo
de
hab
tro
throw
di
the
krefiʃ
crayfish
in
in
de
there
i
he
musa
must
de
hab
tink
think
dat.
that
When Dodo throws the lobster in it (ice-box), he must think that. OR: When Dodo (fisherman) throws the lobster into his ice-box, that's what he must think (he calls his ice-box "Bugs' Graveyard").
Comment:
Here
de
is used as a habitual marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1985
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual and progressive
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