Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems

Examples

  1. I bi sa feu.
    Eli
    3sg
    bi
    ant
    sa
    be
    feu.
    ill
    He was ill.
  2. Bo bi sa namina.
    Bo
    2sg
    bi
    ant
    sa
    be
    na-mina.
    art-child
    You were a child.
  3. Ineni bi sxa tabaya.
    Ineni
    3pl
    bi
    ant
    sxa
    prog
    tabaya.
    work
    They had been working.
  4. Ineni bi ske tabaya.
    Ineni
    3pl
    bi
    ant
    ske
    irr
    tabaya.
    work
    They would have gone to work.