Datapoint Kinubi/Uses of the habitual marker

Values

Habitual, progressive, current state, and future

Example 63-86:
ána gi-kumbúka wázi
ána
1sg
gi-kumbúka
tam-remember
wázi
well
I remember well.

Source: Luffin 2005: 284

Example 63-87:
mára tá-i gi-kélem núbi
mára
wife
gen
i
my
gi
tam
kélem
speak
núbi
Kinubi
My wife speaks Kinubi.

Source: Luffin 2005: 285

Example 63-88:
íta gu-rúo búkra
íta
2sg
gu-rúo
tam-go
búkra
tomorrow
You will leave tomorrow.

Source: Luffin 2005: 285

Example 63-89:
generation ta ásede gi-ábidu ágara
generation
generation
ta
gen
ásede
now
gi-ábidu
tam-start
ágara
study
This generation starts to study.

Source: Luffin 2005: 284

Example 63-90:
kigiriáma ána g-ásma
kigiriáma
Giryama
ána
1sg
g-ásma
tam-understand
I understand the Giryama language.

Source: Luffin 2005: 290

Example 63-91:
ína bi-mútu íni
ína
1pl
bi-mútu
tam-die
íni
here
We will die here.

Source: Luffin 2005: 286

Example 63-92:
kíla bakán ta bi-rúo logó núbi
kíla
every
bakán
place
ta
2sg
bi-rúo
tam-go
logó
find
núbi
Nubi
You find Nubi everywhere.

Source: Luffin 2005: 286

Example 63-113:
úmun gi-ákul ákil ta Núbi
úmun
3pl
gi-ákul
tam-eat
ákil
food
ta
gen
Núbi
Nubi
They eat the Nubian food.

Source: Luffin 2005: 360

Confidence:
Certain