Datapoint Jamaican/Uses of the habitual marker

Values

Habitual, progressive and future

Example 8-72:
Mi de nyam di fuud.
Mi
1sg
de
prog
nyam
eat
di
det
fuud.
food
I am eating the food.
Example 8-73:
Mi de go a Tong (tumaro).
Mi
1sg
de
prog
go
go
a
to
Tong
Town
(tumaro).
(tomorrow)
I am / will be going to Town (tomorrow).
Example 8-74:
wan plies we dem a plie haki mach
wan
indf
plies
place
we
where
dem
3pl
a
hab
plie
play
haki
hockey
mach
match
a place where they play hockey matches

Source: Christie 1986: 185

Confidence:
Very certain