Value Immediately preceding the verb

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982; Sandefur 1979: 125-136

Examples

  1. Mibala yujdu idimbat la bush.
    Mibala
    1pl
    yujdu
    hab
    id-im-bat
    eat-tr-prog
    la
    loc
    bush.
    bush
    We used to eat it in the bush.
  2. Bat sambala bin tok: "Yu labda kaman; woda gada gajimap wi." Gudjob thad olgumen bin lafta mub.
    Bat
    but
    sam-bala
    some-adj2
    bin
    pst
    tok:
    say
    "Yu
    2sg
    labda
    oblig
    kaman;
    come
    woda
    water
    gada
    fut/oblig
    gajimap
    reach:tr
    wi."
    1pl
    Gud-job
    good-job
    thad
    dem
    olgumen
    woman
    bin
    pst
    lafta
    oblig
    mub.
    move
    But some people said: "You have to come (because) the water is going to reach us." Just as well that woman had to move.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  3. Wi bin siyim garra orla kid.
    Wi
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    siy-im
    see-tr
    garra
    com/ins
    orla
    pl
    kid.
    child
    We saw her with the children.

    See Hudson 1985: 74

  4. Imin oldei nesimbat tu jet faiya.
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always/hab
    nes-im-bat
    nurse-tr-prog
    tu
    too
    jet
    dem
    faiya.
    fire
    It used to look after the fire too. (crocodile in myth)

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  5. Ai gada gedim kokiroj sprei en kilim olabat.
    Ai
    1sg
    gada
    fut/oblig
    ged-im
    get-tr
    kokiroj
    cockroach
    sprei
    spray
    en
    and
    kil-im
    kill-tr
    olabat.
    3pl
    I will/should get cockroach spray and kill them. OR: I'm going to get cockroach spray and kill them. (Orig. Transl.)

    See Bennett 1986: 2

  6. I maitbi garra go la Debi.
    I
    3sg
    maitbi
    maybe
    garra
    fut/oblig
    go
    go
    la
    loc
    Debi.
    Derby
    He might have to go to Derby.

    See Hudson 1985: 31

  7. Yu shudbi wajambat jelp.
    Yu
    2sg
    shudbi
    should
    waj-am-bat
    wash-tr-prog
    jelp.
    refl
    You should wash yourself.

    See Hudson 1985: 32

  8. Wot kain yunmi gona toktok?
    Wot
    what
    kain
    kind
    yunmi
    1du.incl
    gona
    fut
    tok~tok?
    red.talk
    What (i.e. which language) are we going to speak?