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Value Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
References
Escure 1993
Examples
I me de get di kantrak en i jos haya di badj.
I
3sg
me
ant
de
prog
get
get
di
the
kantrak
contract
en
and
i
3sg
jos
just
haya
hire
di
the
badj.
barge
He had been getting the contract, and he just rented the barge.
See
Escure 1993
: 234
Wi no de stodi dat.
Wi
we
no
neg
de
prog
stodi
study
dat.
that
We are not paying attention to that.
See
Escure 1983
: 42
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