Datapoint Eskimo Pidgin/Tense-aspect systems

Tense and aspect marking are rarely attested and may be optional. There are some examples that contain what could be argued to be a present tense marker: pȗgmȗmmi 'now', and a perfective aspect marker: tereva 'finished'. However, the same categories are usually unmarked.

Values

No or only one tense or aspect marker

Example 76-42:
nanako opinera malo tereva awoña - kaili suli picuktu
nanako
afterward
opinera
summer
malo
two
tereva
enough
awoña
I
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kaili
come
suli
more
picuktu
want
After two summers are finished I want to come again.

Source: Stefánsson 1909: 229

Confidence:
Certain