Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Suppletion according to tense and aspect

The copula in Hawai'i Creole behaves like in English: 'is' vs. 'was'.

Values

Strong suppletion according to tense only

Example 26-16:
aɪ no is da seɪm wan deɪ plæ ɛvɹitaɪmɛvɹitaɪm
1sg
no
know
is
is
da
art
seɪm
same
wan
one
deɪ
3pl
plæ
play
ɛvɹitaɪm-ɛvɹitaɪm
every.time-intens
I know it's the same one they play every single time.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 103

Example 26-27:
sambaɾi waz ɹaɪd dɛa
sambaɾi
indf
waz
was
ɹaɪd
right
dɛa
there
Somebody was right there.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 72

Confidence:
Very certain