Value Only habitual function

Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Stolz 1986: 179; van Diggelen 1978: 75, 76

Examples

  1. 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