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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Krio
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
Examples
If ren nɔ bin de kam, wi bin fɔ de ple bɔl.
If
if
ren
rain
nɔ
neg
bin
pst
de
prog
kam,
come
wi
we
bin
pst
fɔ
mood
de
prog
ple
play
bɔl.
ball
If it hadn’t been raining, we would have been playing ball (i.e. soccer).
a bin de wok
a
I
bin
pst
de
prog
wok
work
I was working.
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