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Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Tense-aspect systems

Perfective marking can cooccur with tense markers.
A perfect aspect auxiliary (not illustrated here) is also found.

Example 41-76:: (ja)fayataanteem/tiɲa/loteem vs. jafaya teem/tiɲa/loteem
jaa-faya-taam
pst-do-prog
teem/tiɲa/lo-teem
be.prs/be.pst/fut-be
vs.
vs.
jaa-faya
pst-do
teem/tiɲa/lo-teem
be.prs/be.pst/fut-be
is/was/will be doing vs. has/had/will have done
Example 41-77:: asii tɛɛndutaam noos botaa um mɔɔstar daaytaan teem
asii
thus
tɛɛndutaam
even.so
noos
1pl
botaa
put
um
one
mɔɔstar
way
daay-taam
put.up.with-prog
teem
prs.be
Even so, we are trying and somehow putting up with him.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 1389
Example 41-78:: osiir mee maay; paay yakamura
osiir
3sg.hon
mee
foc
maay;
mother
paay
father
jaa-kaa-mura
pst-pfv-die
SHE (indicating woman present) is my mother; my father has died.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5092-4
Example 41-81:: etus gɛɛra jaabuskaa. mataa, kortaa taam tiña tudus.
etus
3pl
gèèra
war
jaa-buskaa.
pst-seek
mataa,
kill
kortaa
cut
taam
prog
tiña
pst.be
tudus.
everyone
They made war. They were all killing and cutting [each other].

Source: Smith 1974-5: 3228
Example 41-82:: eli lokatriiya; amiyaam lokatriiya
eli
3sg.m
lo-kaa-triiya;
fut-pfv-bring
amiyaam
tomorrow
lo-kaa-triiya
fut-pfv-bring
He will bring [it]. Tomorrow he will bring [it].

Source: Smith 1974-5: 2033