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Value Only habitual function
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Stolz 1986
: 179
;
van Diggelen 1978
: 75, 76
Examples
Di difi sini am a kan goi mais mi ris gi sini.
Di
det
difi
dove
sini
3pl
am
3sg
a
pst
kan
hab
goi
throw
mais
corn
mi
with
ris
rice
gi
give
sini.
3pl
To the doves, he used to throw corn and rice to them.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 18
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