Habitual

Habitual (also: Habitualis , Habituell , Habituativ ) describes a type of action or an aspect of the verb that describes a habitual action. The habitual can be expressed in different ways, e.g. B. through an auxiliary verb or a special verb form:

• German: he used to go
• English: he used to go "he usually / normally"
• Latin: fact -it -are "to do ordinary, to operate commercially"
• Hausa : ya kàn tàfi "he goes / usually went"

The habitual can be understood as a subcategory of the durative type of action or the imperfect (unfinished) aspect .

In medical terminology , habitual means "recurring" or "habitual".

See also

• Frequentative

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• Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.): Lexicon of Linguistics. 3rd, updated and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-520-45203-0 .

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