Value Immediately preceding the verb

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
Prescod 2004: 219

Examples

  1. De so despareit an lai dat de go du eniting fo lak mi uhp.
    De
    3pl
    so
    so
    despareit
    desperate
    an
    and
    lai
    lie
    dat
    that
    de
    3pl
    go
    fut
    du
    do
    eni-ting
    any-thing
    fo
    for
    lak
    lock
    mi
    1sg
    uhp.
    up
    They are so desperate and dishonest that they will do anything to have me locked up.

    See Prescod 2004: 116