Datapoint Zamboanga Chabacano/Tense-aspect systems

Ya-constructions (perfective aspect) can only refer to past events.

Values

Purely aspectual system

Example 46-6:
Éle ya-matá pwérko gat alyá gránde.
Éle
s/he
ya-matá
prf-kill
pwérko
pig
gat
really
alyá
there
gránde.
big
S/he killed a really big pig there.
Example 46-94:
Éste el ómbre kon kyen tu ta-konversá.
Éste
this
el
the
ómbre
man
kon
with
kyen
who
tu
2sg
ta-konversá.
ipfv-talking
This is the man you are/were talking to.
Confidence:
Certain