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Example 9-91
A mek dat wen sizan de an en de wok krefiʃ.
A
1sg
mek
make
dat
that
wen
when
sizan
season
de
hab
an
on
en
and
de
hab
wok
work
krefiʃ.
crayfish
I make that when the season is on and I work lobster. OR: I earn (as much money) when during the lobster season.
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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