Value Immediately preceding the verb

Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983: 113; Schwegler and Green 2007: 274ss

Examples

  1. ¿Aonde bo tan bae?
    ¿Aonde
    where
    bo
    you.sg
    tan
    fut
    bae?
    go
    Where are you (sg.) going?
    Spanish: ¿Adónde te vas?
  2. Suto a miní ayé.
    Suto
    we
    a
    pst
    miní
    come
    ayé.
    yesterday
    We arrived yesterday.
    Spanish: (Nosotros) llegamos ayer.
  3. ¿Kuando utere a yegá?
    ¿Kuando
    when
    utere
    you.pl
    a
    pst
    yegá?
    arrive
    When did you arrive?
    Spanish: ¿Cuándo llegaron ustedes?
  4. Akí kasa suto asé bibí bien.
    Akí
    here
    kasa
    house
    suto
    we
    asé
    hab
    bibí
    live
    bien.
    well
    In this house we live well.
    Spanish: En esta casa vivimos bien.
  5. Moná ri ele a yegá ayé.
    Moná
    son/daughter
    ri
    of
    ele
    him/her
    a
    pst
    yegá
    arrive
    ayé.
    yesterday
    His/her son/daughter arrived yesterday.
    Spanish: El hijo / la hija de él/ella llegó ayer.
  6. Nina ta besá-ndo é.
    Nina
    Nina
    ta
    prog
    besá-ndo
    kiss-prog
    é.
    he/she
    Nina is kissing him/her.
    Spanish: Nina está besándolo/-la.

    See de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983: 259