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Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Tense-aspect systems

Example 10-107:: Afta ihn don marid tu di neks uman [...].
Afta
after
ihn
3sg
don
compl
marid
marry
tu
to
di
art.def
neks
next
uman
woman
[...].
[...]
After he had married his second wife [...].

Source: Bartens 2003: 88
Example 10-108:: Wen Ai wehn baan [...].
Wen
when
Ai
1sg
wehn
ant
baan
give.birth
[...].
[...]
When I was born [...].

Source: Bartens 2003: 82
Example 10-109:: An him gaan bak, gaan lie dong bikaa ihn don iit aal di ting an drink aal di lemonied.
An
and
him
3sg
gaan
go.pst
bak,
back
gaan
go.pst
lie
lie
dong
down
bikaa
because
ihn
3sg
don
compl
iit
eat
aal
all
di
art.def
ting
thing
an
and
drink
drink
aal
all
di
art.def
lemonied.
lemonade
And he went back and lied down because he had eaten all the food and drunk all the lemonade.
Example 10-110:: Ihn de wook.
Ihn
3sg
de
prog
wook.
work
She/he is working.
Example 10-111:: Ihn wehn de wook.
Ihn
3sg
wehn
ant
de
prog
wook.
work
He/She was working.