Example 39-96

Nə saykəl uncle tiŋ vay.
loc
saykəl
bicycle
<uncle>
uncle
t-iŋ
ipfv-pst
vay.
go.inf
Uncle was going by bicycle.
Comment:
The verb vay 'to go' is peculiar in that it makes no formal distinction between the Non-Past and Infinitive forms (although the Portuguese Infinitive form ir sometimes occurs in the speech of some speakers). In this sentence, vay is glossed as an Infinitive because it is modified by the pre-verbal Tense-Aspect marker tiŋ; in Diu Indo-Portuguese, the Non-Past form of verbs never co-occurs with preverbal TAM markers. Uncle is taken from English.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009: 147