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Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers

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. 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

  3. En dijan griba tu, wi bin wana jakim la wada.
    En
    and
    dijan
    prox:adj
    griba
    creeper
    tu,
    too
    wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    wana
    pot
    jak-im
    throw-tr
    la
    loc
    wada.
    water
    And this creeper (plant), we would have thrown it into the water (using it as fish poison).
  4. Wi shud binala gidim du, ei?
    Wi
    1pl
    shud
    should
    bin=ala
    pst=always/hab
    gid-im
    get-tr
    du,
    too
    ei?
    tag
    We should have been getting them too, ey? (Context: flood relief goods). OR: We should have been able to get them too, ey? (Orig. Transl.)

    See Angelo et al. 1998