Value Habitual, progressive, and current state

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Winford 2002

Examples

  1. Den e afrontu den tongo, tog.
    Den
    they
    e
    ipfv
    afrontu
    turn.against
    den
    their
    tongo,
    language
    tog.
    tag
    They turn their backs on their language, right.

    See Winford 2002: 424

  2. Den no e wani taki Sranan Tongo moro.
    Den
    they
    no
    neg
    e
    ipfv
    wani
    want
    taki
    talk
    Sranan
    Suriname
    Tongo
    tongue
    moro.
    more
    They don't want to speak Sranan Tongo anymore.

    See Winford 2002: 425

  3. Den ben lafu unu taki unu no ben gwenti si trein.
    Den
    they
    ben
    pst
    lafu
    laugh
    unu
    us
    taki
    say
    unu
    we
    no
    neg
    ben
    pst
    gwenti
    accustomed
    si
    see
    trein.
    train
    They laughed at us saying that we weren’t used to seeing trains.
  4. A pikin e krin en kamra.
    A
    the.sg
    pikin
    child
    e
    ipfv
    krin
    clean
    en
    3sg
    kamra.
    room
    The child is cleaning her room.
  5. A man wani taki den kaw musu go pupe.
    A
    the
    man
    man
    wani
    want
    taki
    that
    den
    the.pl
    kaw
    cow
    musu
    must
    go
    go
    pupe.
    relieve.themselves
    The man wanted the cows to relieve themselves.
  6. Efu yu no wroko, dan you no o nyan, tog.
    Efu
    if
    yu
    you
    no
    neg
    wroko,
    work
    dan
    then
    you
    you
    no
    neg
    o
    fut
    nyan,
    eat
    tog.
    tag
    If you don’t work, then you won’t eat, right?

    See Winford 2002: 412

  7. Ma yu no musu du den sani dati.
    Ma
    but
    yu
    2sg
    no
    neg
    musu
    must
    du
    do
    den
    the.pl
    sani
    thing
    dati.
    dem
    But you mustn’t do those things.

    See Winford 2000: 71

  8. soso dungru katun krosi
    soso
    only
    dungru
    dark
    katun
    cotton
    krosi
    clothes
    only dark cotton clothes

    See Nickel and Wilner 1984: 34