Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Uses of the habitual marker
Values 
Habitual, progressive, and current state
- Example 16-65:
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if jù dè sik jùɔ bakjad jù si ɛ klinikififjù2sgdèprogsiksickjùɔ2sg.possbakjadbackyardjù2sgsiseeɛartklinikclinicIf you are ill (nowadays), you see a clinic in your backyard (i.e. nearby, to which you can go).
- Example 16-64:
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wiʧmã dè tɔk?wiʧmãwhodèprogtɔk?talkWho is talking?
Source: Huber 1999: 178
- Example 16-66:
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dɛ ples hausa pipu dè predɛartplesplacehausaHausapipupeopledèhabprepraythe place that Hausa people pray in
- Example 16-67:
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wɛn dè kam tu nima sɛf dè dè laik àmwɛnwhendè3plkamcometutonimaNimasɛffocdè3pldèproglaiklikeàm3sg.objNow, when they come to Nima, they like it.
- Confidence:
- Very certain