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Value Habitual, progressive and future
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Stolz 1986
: 179
;
van Diggelen 1978
: 75, 76
Examples
Morək mi lō lō.
Morək
tomorrow
mi
1sg
lō
fut
lō.
go
Tomorrow I will go.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 23
Mi ha fo lo werán a Ameriki, wapi sinu lo mā di flut sinu.
Mi
1sg
ha
have
fo
for
lo
go
werán
again
a
to
Ameriki,
America
wapi
where
sinu
3pl
lo
hab
mā
make
di
det
flut
flute
sinu.
3pl
I have to go to America again, where they make those flutes.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 48
[...] wa ju lō du?
[...]
[...]
wa
what
ju
2sg
lō
prog
du?
do
[...] what are you doing?
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 22
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