Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems

Examples

  1. Di mi bì tá kó te tjiká a pási, nóo a bì kái mi táa u mi tooná kó n'én.
    Di
    then
    mi
    1sg
    bì
    tns
    tá
    asp
    kó
    come
    te
    till
    tjiká
    enough
    a
    loc
    pási,
    way
    nóo
    then
    a
    3sg
    bì
    tns
    kái
    call
    mi
    1sg
    táa
    say
    u
    for
    mi
    1sg
    tooná
    turn
    kó
    come
    n'=én.
    loc=3sg
    When I was already on my way, he called me to come back to him.
  2. A tá woóko.
    A
    3sg
    tá
    asp
    woóko.
    work
    He is working.
  3. Mi wáka.
    Mi
    1sg
    wáka.
    walk
    I walked.

    See Veenstra 1996: 14