Value Verb chaining does not exist

Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Aspect change in verb chains

Examples

  1. Wen evritin kuk gud gud yu tek it aaf di faya.
    Wen
    when
    evri-tin
    every-thing
    kuk
    cook
    gud
    good
    gud
    good
    yu
    2sg
    tek
    take
    it
    3sg.n
    aaf
    off
    di
    art.def
    faya.
    fire
    When everything is thouroughly cooked, you take it off the fire.
  2. Wail di man getin aaf wat ih woz afta, ih hier a duori komin kluos, rait gens di bank weh ih woz, so ih stie iizi, iizi tu ihself.
    Wail
    while
    di
    art.def
    man
    man
    get-in
    get-prog
    aaf
    off
    wat
    what
    ih
    3sg
    woz
    cop.pst
    afta,
    after
    ih
    3sg
    hier
    hear
    a
    art.indf
    duori
    canoe
    kom-in
    come-prog
    kluos,
    close
    rait
    right
    gens
    against
    di
    art.def
    bank
    bank
    weh
    rel
    ih
    3sg
    woz,
    cop.pst
    so
    so
    ih
    3sg
    stie
    stay
    iizi,
    easy
    iizi
    easy
    tu
    to
    ih-self.
    3sg-refl
    While the man was getting off with what he had been looking for, he heard a canoe coming close, right towards the bank where he was so he kept calm all by himself.