Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Uses of the habitual marker

The habitual marker has two allomorphs: stody in the present, yuuztu in the past/anterior.

Values

Only habitual function

Example 10-105:
Ihn stody du dat evry die!
Ihn
3sg
stody
hab.prs
du
do
dat
dem
evry
every
die!
day
He does that every day!
Example 10-106:
Ai yuuztu go chorch beefut, widout shuuz.
Ai
1sg
yuuztu
hab.ant
go
go
chorch
church
beefut,
barefoot
widout
without
shuuz.
shoe
I used to / would go to church barefooted, without shoes.

Source: Bartens 2003: 88

Confidence:
Very certain