Habitual markers in the Ga language
In Ga, unlike English has habitual markers which conveys certain meanings deemed as permanent. How do I mean? 1. He is a doctor 2. She is a good person 3. Nii is light skinned 4. They are Africans 5. Every evening, Ataa Ago goes to church 6. My grandma wakes up at 8am on a daily basis These expressions describe who you are and not just a temporary state of yours. In English, it can be seen as existing in various formats: one is a past mood whiles the other in a present mood. For the past mood. - She used to eat before going to bed - We used to be bad people - They use to come here to check up on me In Ga, to form an habitual tense, we employ these souns "a" and "or" to help us convey those meanings. When the verb ends with "a", the habutual marker is "a". Any other sound, we use the "". For example eye nii - he/she ate eeye nii - he/she is eating eye ɔ nii - he/she eats (all the time) The expression " eye ɔ nii " can play 2 m...