Datapoint Tok Pisin/Tense-aspect systems

Values

Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Example 22-87:
Em i singsing istap.
Em
3sg
i
pm
singsing
sing
istap.
prog
He is singing.
Example 22-88:
Em i bin singsing istap.
Em
3sg
i
pm
bin
pst
singsing
sing
istap.
prog
He was singing.
Example 22-89:
Em i bin go long taun.
Em
3sg
i
pm
bin
pst
go
go
long
prep
taun.
town
He went to town.
Confidence:
Certain