Value Only habitual function

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker

Examples

  1. They does steal away, when they get in the job, they steal away, especially - if they - have - a big position, and they handling the money, they take so much - out, they go for big, big, big, big money.
    They
    3pl.sbj
    does
    hab
    steal
    steal
    away
    away
    [...]
    [...]
    and
    and
    they
    3pl.sbj
    handling
    handle.prog
    the
    art
    money
    money
    [...]
    [...]
    They just leave [...] [especially when they are in a big position which involves] handling the money, [they take some of it and go for even bigger money].
  2. And you know in that settlement, used to be ten years, five years before somebody dies. Yeah, 'cause we - we - we eating - we ain't know - know nothing about no high blood and no - no - uh - diabetes and - and cancer and things like that, 'cause we were eating straight from the farm, you know. So those people was strong, they used to live 80, 90, a hundred years. Old people, on the Island. And now - every week, so much of young. Yeah, when I [...] open the papers on Thursday, I see the o- I say, You live good. Live a ripe old age. 27, 26, people dying from AIDS and this and that.
    [...]
    [...]
    in
    in
    that
    that
    settlement,
    settlement
    used
    hab.pst
    to
    hab.pst
    be
    cop
    ten
    ten
    years
    years
    [...]
    [...]
    before
    before
    somebody
    indf
    dies
    die.hab
    [...]
    [...]
    'cause
    because
    we
    1pl.sbj
    [...]
    [...]
    eating
    eat.prog
    [...]
    [...]
    because
    because
    we
    1pl.sbj
    were
    1pl.cop.pst
    eating
    eat.prog
    straight
    straight
    from
    from
    the
    the
    farm
    farm
    eating
    eat.prog
    [...]
    [...]
    people
    people
    was
    3pl.cop.pst
    strong,
    strong
    they
    3pl.sbj
    used
    hab.pst
    to
    hab.pst
    live
    live
    80
    eighty
    [...]
    [...]
    years
    years
    [...].
    [...]
    [...] in that settlement, it used to take ten years, [five years,] before somebody would die [again] [...] because we were eating [...] we were eating straight from the farm [...] So those people were strong, they used to live 80, [90, a hundred] years [...].