Value No TAM markers

Language:
Chinuk Wawa
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb

Examples

  1. ánqati náyka mákmak
    ánqati
    previously
    náyka
    1sg
    mákmak
    eat
    I ate. OR: I was eating.
  2. álta náyka mákmak
    álta
    now
    náyka
    1sg
    mákmak
    eat
    I’m eating.
  3. álta pus łáska mákmak
    álta
    now
    pus
    when
    łáska
    3pl
    mákmak
    eat
    and then they ate

    See Jacobs 1936: 36