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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
Examples
Li t ap boukannen on mayi.
Li
3sg
t
ant
ap
inacc
boukannen
cook.over.woodfire
on
a
mayi.
maize
He/She was cooking maize over the wood fire.
French:
Il/Elle était en train de cuire du maïs au feu de bois.
See
Fattier 1998
: 864
Epòk n ap viv kounyea pa pi mal.
Epòk
time
n
1sg
ap
inacc
viv
live
kounyea
now
pa
neg
pi
more
mal.
bad
The time that we currently live in is not bad.
French:
L'époque que nous vivons actuellement n'est pas mal.
See
Fattier 1998
: 864
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