Datapoint African American English/Uses of the habitual marker

The habitual marker can also have a generic reading.

Values

Only habitual function

Example 14-61:
She be telling people she eight.
She
she
be
hab
telling
telling
people
people
she
she
eight.
eight
She is always telling people she is eight. OR: She generally tells people that she is eight years old.

Source: Green 2002: 48

Example 14-62:
Some of them be big and some of them be small.
Some
some
of
of
them
them
be
be.hab
big
big
and
and
some
some
of
of
them
them
be
be.hab
small.
small
Generally, some of them are big and some of them are small. OR: It is usually the case that some of them are big and some of them are small.

Source: Fasold 1972: 151

Confidence:
Very certain