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Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Huber 1999
: 225-227, 229-233
Examples
wiʧmã dè tɔk?
wiʧmã
who
dè
prog
tɔk?
talk
Who is talking?
See
Huber 1999
: 178
if jù dè sik jùɔ bakjad jù si ɛ klinik
if
if
jù
2sg
dè
prog
sik
sick
jùɔ
2sg
.
poss
bakjad
backyard
jù
2sg
si
see
ɛ
art
klinik
clinic
If you are ill (nowadays), you see a clinic in your backyard (i.e. nearby, to which you can go).
dɛ ples hausa pipu dè pre
dɛ
art
ples
place
hausa
Hausa
pipu
people
dè
hab
pre
pray
the place that Hausa people pray in
wɛn dè kam tu nima sɛf dè dè laik àm
wɛn
when
dè
3pl
kam
come
tu
to
nima
Nima
sɛf
foc
dè
3pl
dè
prog
laik
like
àm
3sg
.
obj
Now, when they come to Nima, they like it.
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