Datapoint Kriol/Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers

Values

The feature does not apply

Example 25-105:
Mibala yujdu idimbat la bush.
Mibala
1pl
yujdu
hab
id-im-bat
eat-tr-prog
la
loc
bush.
bush
We used to eat it in the bush.
Example 25-208:
Imin oldei nesimbat tu jet faiya.
Im=in
3sg=pst
oldei
always/hab
nes-im-bat
nurse-tr-prog
tu
too
jet
dem
faiya.
fire
It used to look after the fire too. (crocodile in myth)

Source: Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

Example 25-218:
En dijan griba tu, wi bin wana jakim la wada.
En
and
dijan
prox:adj
griba
creeper
tu,
too
wi
1pl
bin
pst
wana
pot
jak-im
throw-tr
la
loc
wada.
water
And this creeper (plant), we would have thrown it into the water (using it as fish poison).
Example 25-219:
Wi shud binala gidim du, ei?
Wi
1pl
shud
should
bin=ala
pst=always/hab
gid-im
get-tr
du,
too
ei?
tag
We should have been getting them too, ey? (Context: flood relief goods). OR: We should have been able to get them too, ey? (Orig. Transl.)

Source: Angelo et al. 1998

Confidence:
Intermediate