Value Habitual, progressive, and current state

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Huber 1999: 225-227, 229-233

Examples

  1. wiʧmã dè tɔk?
    wiʧmã
    who
    dè
    prog
    tɔk?
    talk
    Who is talking?

    See Huber 1999: 178

  2. 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).
  3. 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
  4. 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.