Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online

Value Only habitual function

Language:

Saramaccan

Parameter:

Uses of the habitual marker

References

van de Vate 2008

Examples

1. A bi lo u ta fɛɛɛ dagu.

   A

   3sg

   bi

   tns

   lo

   love

   u

   for

   ta

   asp

   fɛɛɛ

   fear

   dagu.

   dog

   S/he had been fearing dogs regularly.

   See van de Vate 2008: 191