Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems

Examples

  1. N’ na bay skola amanha.
    N’
    1sg
    na
    prog
    bay
    go
    skola
    school
    amanha.
    tomorrow
    I will go to school tomorrow.
    Portuguese: Irei à escola amanhã.
  2. N' na bay ba skola aonti.
    N'
    1sg
    na
    prog
    bay
    go
    ba
    pst
    skola
    school
    aonti.
    yesterday
    I was going to school yesterday. OR: I would have gone to school yesterday.
    Portuguese: Ia à escola ontem. OR: Iria à escola ontem.
  3. Djugude Ø ciga cif.
    Djugude
    vulture
    Ø
    pfv
    ciga
    land
    cif.
    smoothly
    The vulture landed smoothly.
    Portuguese: O abutre aterrou suavemente.

    See Kihm 1994: 85