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Value Only habitual function
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Uses of the habitual marker
References
Kouwenberg 2007
: 28-30
Examples
eni bi eni
das
mini namapu kɛkɛ hatibeʃapu
eni
3pl
bi
say
eni
3pl
das
hab
mini
swallow
nama-apu
meat-
pl
kɛkɛ
like
hatibeʃi-apu
bush.deer-
pl
They say they swallow animals, such as bush deer.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 445
idri daka ɛk
justu
kriki skeliŋskeliŋ
idri
every
daka
day
ɛkɛ
1sg
justu
pst
.
hab
kriki
get
skelingi-skelingi
cent-cent
Every day I would find an 8-cent coin.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 245
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