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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers

Examples

  1. Iin a tach hous di sik uman di don instaal [...].
    Iin
    in
    a
    art.indf
    tach
    thatched
    hous
    house
    di
    art.def
    sik
    sick
    uman
    woman
    di
    pst
    don
    compl
    instaal
    install
    [...].
    [...]
    The sick woman had already been installed in a house with a palm-thatched roof [...].
  2. Di dakta seh ih di tu liet, di rat di gwain ded.
    Di
    art.def
    dakta
    doctor
    seh
    say
    ih
    3sg.n
    di
    pst
    tu
    too
    liet,
    late
    di
    art.def
    rat
    rat
    di
    pst
    gwain
    fut
    ded.
    die
    The doctor said it was too late, the rat was going to die.
  3. Ih mi di iit di graas.
    Ih
    3sg
    mi
    pst
    di
    prog
    iit
    eat
    di
    art.def
    graas.
    grass
    He ate the grass.
  4. yu mi dringkin
    yu
    2sg
    mi
    ant
    dringk-in
    drink-prog
    You were drinking/have been drinking.

    See Holm 1978: 259

  5. If dis ting woz wel regyulietid, di tiicha dem wud stap rait hier.
    If
    if
    dis
    dem
    ting
    thing
    woz
    cop.pst
    wel
    well
    regyulietid,
    regulated
    di
    art.def
    tiicha
    teacher
    dem
    pl
    wud
    would
    stap
    stop
    rait
    right
    hier.
    here
    If this thing was well regulated, the teachers would stop it right here.

    See nd

  6. If enibadi di waa kil sombadi deh hiet aar fa enitin els.
    If
    if
    enibadi
    anybody
    di
    pst
    waa
    fut
    kil
    kill
    sombadi
    somebody
    deh
    3pl
    hiet
    heat
    aar
    3sg.f.obj
    fa
    for
    enitin
    anything
    els.
    else
    If anyone wanted to kill someone they made her angry for any reason whatsoever.
  7. Iin a kwayet vois shi aks ar ded piipl if shi don du inof, if shi du it gud an if deh niid enitin els fa shi kud stie wid dem weh livin.
    Iin
    in
    a
    art.indf
    kwayet
    quiet
    vois
    voice
    shi
    3sg.sbj.f
    aks
    ask
    ar
    3sg.poss.f
    ded
    dead
    piipl
    people
    if
    if
    shi
    3sg.sbj.f
    don
    compl
    du
    do
    inof,
    enough
    if
    if
    shi
    3sg.sbj.f
    du
    do
    it
    3sg.obj.n
    gud
    good
    an
    and
    if
    if
    deh
    3pl.sbj
    niid
    need
    enitin
    anything
    els
    else
    fa
    for
    shi
    3sg.sbj.f
    kud
    could
    stie
    stay
    wid
    with
    dem
    3pl.obj
    weh
    rel
    liv-in.
    live-prog
    Quietly she asked her dead family members if she had done enough for them, whether she had done it well and whether they needed anything else so that she could stay with those who were living.
  8. Ai di stodin hier iin Bluufiilz.
    Ai
    1sg
    di
    pst
    stod-in
    study-prog
    hier
    here
    iin
    in
    Bluufiilz.
    Bluefields
    I was studying here in Bluefields.

    See nd