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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
Examples
Hi a wuhk. Hi bin a wuhk.
Hi
3sg
a
prog
wuhk.
work
Hi
3sg
bin
pst
a
prog
wuhk.
work
He is working. He was working.
I ha dis man bin a wuhk lan fo J.
I
3sg
ha
have
dis
dem
man
man
bin
pst
a
prog
wuhk
work
lan
land
fo
for
J.
J.
There was a man who used to work the land for J.
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