Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems

Examples

  1. 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

  2. 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