Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Faraclas 1996: 73, 188-190, 195-200

Examples

  1. A bìn dè wósh plét.
    A
    1sg
    bìn
    pst
    dè
    ncompl
    wósh
    wash
    plét.
    plate
    I was washing dishes.
  2. À fò̱ (bin) do̱n (ko̱m) dè wàka finish.
    À
    1sg.sbj
    fò̱
    irr
    (bin)
    (ant)
    do̱n
    compl1
    (ko̱m)
    (REALIS)
    dè
    ncompl
    wàka
    walk
    finish.
    compl2
    I should have (had) been (actually) walking already.

    See Faraclas 1996: 73

  3. À dè wo̱sh plet.
    À
    1sg.sbj
    dè
    ncompl
    wo̱sh
    wash
    plet.
    plate
    I am washing dishes. OR: While I am washing dishes... OR: I wash dishes (every day).

    See Faraclas 1996: 202-205