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Value Only habitual function
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Bartens 2003
: 87-88
Examples
Ihn
stody
du dat evry die!
Ihn
3sg
stody
hab
.
prs
du
do
dat
dem
evry
every
die!
day
He does that every day!
Ai
yuuztu
go chorch beefut, widout shuuz.
Ai
1sg
yuuztu
hab
.
ant
go
go
chorch
church
beefut,
barefoot
widout
without
shuuz.
shoe
I used to / would go to church barefooted, without shoes.
See
Bartens 2003
: 88
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