Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Values

Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently

Example 26-14:
ʃi wɛn ɹaɪʔ wan buk
ʃi
3sg.f
wɛn
pst.pfv
ɹaɪʔ
write
wan
art
buk
book
She wrote a book.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 76

Example 26-19:
aɪ lav dɔgs
aɪ
1sg
lav
love
dɔg-s
dog-pl
I love dogs.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 119

Confidence:
Very certain