Value No inchoative meaning with aspect markers

Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Examples

  1. Shi get kreezi.
    Shi
    3sg.f
    get
    get
    kreezi.
    crazy
    She got crazy.

    See nd

  2. Wi staat tu taak.
    Wi
    1pl
    staat
    start
    tu
    to
    taak.
    talk
    We started to talk.

    See nd

  3. Som a dem get sad an staat tu baal.
    Som
    some
    a
    of
    dem
    3pl
    get
    get
    sad
    sad
    an
    and
    staat
    start
    tu
    to
    baal.
    cry
    Some of dem get sad and start to cry.

    See nd

  4. So den di puur Miskito dem staat fiil laik nobadi.
    So
    so
    den
    then
    di
    art.def
    puur
    poor
    Miskito
    Miskito
    dem
    pl
    staat
    start
    fiil
    feel
    laik
    like
    nobadi.
    nobody
    So then the poor Miskito started feeling like nobody.

    See nd

  5. Shi nuo mai papa an faal in lov an get pregnant an haf mi rait deh.
    Shi
    3sg.f
    nuo
    know
    mai
    1sg.poss
    papa
    father
    an
    and
    faal
    fall
    in
    in
    lov
    love
    an
    and
    get
    get
    pregnant
    pregnant
    an
    and
    haf
    have
    mi
    1sg
    rait
    right
    deh.
    dem.loc
    She got to know my father and fell in love and got pregnant and had me right there.

    See nd

  6. Deh get veks.
    Deh
    3pl
    get
    get
    veks.
    vex
    They get annoyed.

    See nd

  7. Dem deh wach di bwai dem giem.
    Dem
    3pl
    deh
    prog
    wach
    wach
    di
    art.def
    bwai
    boy
    dem
    pl
    giem.
    game
    They were watching the game of the boys.
  8. Wen yu don pik dat out nou yu put it tu boil.
    Wen
    when
    yu
    2sg
    don
    compl
    pik
    pick
    dat
    dem
    out
    out
    nou
    now
    yu
    2sg
    put
    put
    it
    3sg.n
    tu
    to
    boil.
    boil
    When you've finished picking that out now, you put it to boil.

    See nd

  9. di mango get/staat/ton raip
    di
    art.def
    mango
    mango
    get/staat/ton
    get/start/turn
    raip
    ripe
    the mangoes become ripe
  10. Di mango don raip.
    Di
    art.def
    mango
    mango
    don
    compl
    raip.
    ripe
    The mango turned ripe.