Value Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs
References
Birmingham 1970: 81f; Goilo 1953; Kouwenberg 2007; Maurer 1988

Examples

  1. Awe mainta mi a bai subi Hooiberg.
    Awe
    today
    mainta
    morning
    mi
    1sg
    a
    pfv
    bai
    go
    subi
    climb
    Hooiberg.
    Hooiberg
    This morning I climbed Hooiberg.

    See Kouwenberg and Murray 1994: 46

  2. Awor mi tin un lista basta largo.
    Awor
    now
    mi
    1sg
    tin
    have
    un
    indf
    lista
    list
    basta
    sufficiently
    largo.
    long
    Now I have quite a long list.

    See Kouwenberg nd

  3. Nos (ta) falta sinkuenta sèn.
    Nos
    1pl
    (ta)
    (tns)
    falta
    lack
    sinkuenta
    fifty
    sèn.
    cent
    We are fifty cents short.

    See Muller 1989: 323