Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983: 113ss; Schwegler and Green 2007: 275; Swearingen Davis 1997; Swearingen Davis 2000

Examples

  1. i ta-ba kandá
    i
    1sg
    ta-ba
    prog-pst
    kandá
    sing
    I was singing.
  2. 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

  3. I ta kandá-ndo ele.
    I
    I
    ta
    prog
    kandá-ndo
    sing-prog
    ele.
    he/she
    I am singing (lamenting) her.
    Spanish: (Yo) estoy cantándolo/cantándola (estoy lamentando la muerte de él/ella).
  4. ¿Utere asé-ba kandá-lo-ba por kuanto ría?
    ¿Utere
    you.pl
    asé-ba
    hab-prog
    kandá-lo-ba
    sing-it-pst.prog
    por
    for
    kuanto
    how.many
    ría?
    day
    You were usually singing to (lamenting) him for how many days?
    Spanish: (Ustedes) solían cantarlo (lamentar el muerto) por cuántos días?
  5. É ta-ba nesesitá mí aí.
    É
    he/she
    ta-ba
    prog-pst
    nesesitá
    need
    mí
    me
    aí.
    there
    He/she needed me there.
    Spanish: Él/ella me necesitaba allí.

    See de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983: 157