Example 49-224

M ta renmen manje mango e m ta renmen bwè dlo kokoye.
M
1sg
ta
cond
renmen
love
manje
eat
mango
mango
e
and
m
1sg
ta
cond
renmen
love
bwè
drink
dlo
water
kokoye.
coconut
I would love to eat mangoes and drink coconut water.
French: J'aimerais manger des mangues et boire de l'eau de coco.
Comment:
Cf. Atlas linguistique d’Haïti (Fattier 1998), volume 2, map and comment 2021. The morpheme of the “hypothetical future” comes from a combination: One of its components is the past marker (PST), the other one is the (uncertain) future marker: te + a > ta.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1982: 36