Value Only habitual function

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Hudson 1985: 28-29; Munro 2004: 87, 90

Examples

  1. Bat ole holidei oldei olmaolman wi yusdu getim.
    Bat
    but
    ole
    pl
    holidei
    holiday
    oldei
    always/hab
    olma~olman
    red.older.man
    wi
    1pl
    yusdu
    hab
    get-im.
    get-tr
    But during all holidays with the old people we used to get them (traditional stone tools).
  2. Dijan longtaim la fam en wi bin abum ol fam dea langa lolebul. Dijan la Katharrain en mai fatha yusta wek dea blanga dat men. Imin - dat men imin neim ol Jim.
    Dijan
    prox:adj
    longtaim
    long.ago
    la
    loc
    fam
    farm
    en
    and
    wi
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    ab-um
    have-tr
    ol
    old
    fam
    farm
    dea
    there
    langa
    loc
    lolebul.
    Low.Level
    Dijan
    prox:adj
    la
    loc
    Katharrain
    Katherine
    en
    and
    mai
    1sg.poss
    fatha
    father
    yusta
    hab
    wek
    work
    dea
    there
    blanga
    dat/poss
    dat
    dem
    men.
    man
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    -
     
    dat
    dem
    men
    man
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    neim
    name
    ol
    old
    Jim.
    Jim
    This was long ago on a farm and we had an old farm there at Low Level (Crossing). This was in Katherine, and my father used to work there for that man. He- that man, his name was Old Jim. OR: This happened a long time ago on a farm. There was this old farm at the Low Level at Katherine and my father used to work there for a man named Jim. (Orig. Transl.)

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 65

  3. Imin oldei nesimbat tu jet faiya.
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always/hab
    nes-im-bat
    nurse-tr-prog
    tu
    too
    jet
    dem
    faiya.
    fire
    It used to look after the fire too. (crocodile in myth)

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  4. Wi shud binala gidim du, ei?
    Wi
    1pl
    shud
    should
    bin=ala
    pst=always/hab
    gid-im
    get-tr
    du,
    too
    ei?
    tag
    We should have been getting them too, ey? (Context: flood relief goods). OR: We should have been able to get them too, ey? (Orig. Transl.)

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  5. Olabat oldei andi gaman.
    Olabat
    3pl
    oldei
    always/hab
    andi
    want.to
    gaman.
    come
    They always want to come.

    See Sandefur 1979: 133

  6. Wi yusdu habim kid la bush, ani wi neva habim [...] melk, wi yusdu go bek bo olden taim.
    Wi
    1pl
    yusdu
    hab
    hab-im
    have-tr
    kid
    child
    la
    loc
    bush,
    bush
    ani
    but
    wi
    1pl
    neva
    neg2
    hab-im
    have-tr
    [...]
    [...]
    melk,
    milk
    wi
    1pl
    yusdu
    hab
    go
    go
    bek
    back
    bo
    purp
    olden
    old
    taim.
    time
    We used to have children in the bush, but [sometimes] we didn't have milk, we used to go back to the old timer [treatment].
  7. Gardiya bin oldei ringim thet bel.
    Gardiya
    white.person
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always/hab
    ring-im
    ring-tr
    thet
    dem
    bel.
    bell
    A white person used to ring a bell every day. (context: work on the cattle stations, when speaker was young).
  8. Wi yusdu get haidin from wait men yuno, oletaim.
    Wi
    1pl
    yusdu
    hab
    get
    get
    haidin
    hiding
    from
    from
    wait
    white
    men
    men
    yuno,
    you.know
    oletaim.
    always
    We used to get a beating from the white people all the time.