Datapoint Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago/Suppletion according to tense and aspect

Three other forms exist for the copula ê: éra (+ANT), ser (after a verbal particle, after another verb and after prepositions) and sérba (+ANT, if one of the conditions for ser applies). I don’t consider the acrolectal forms foi, stevi and tevi to be perfectives of ê, sta and ten(e), but perfective partner verbs for ê, sta and ten(e). In fact, there is no formal rule for the formation of perfective forms to other stative verbs.
A lot of verbs have (along with the regular anterior with -ba) irregular, acrolectal forms, that are borrowed from Portuguese, cf. benba ~ binha (ben 'come’), debeba ~ devía (debe 'must’), kreba ~ kria (kre 'want, love’), ten(e)ba ~ tinha (ten(e) 'have’). From a synchronic point of view, these constitute cases of weak suppletion.

Values

Strong suppletion according to tense only

Example 30-115:
Ê si ábitu. / Éra si ábitu. / Ta ser si ábitu. / Ta sérba si ábitu.
Ê
be
si=ábitu.
3sg.poss=habit
/
 
Éra
be.ant
si=ábitu.
3sg.poss=habit
/
 
Ta=ser
ipfv=be
si=ábitu.
3sg.poss=habit
/
 
Ta=sér-ba
ipfv=be-ant
si=ábitu.
3sg.poss=habit
It is his habit. / It was his habit. / It will be his habit. / It would be his habit.
German: Es ist seine Gewohnheit. / Es war seine Gewohnheit. / Es wird seine Gewohnheit sein. / Es wäre seine Gewohnheit.

Source: Lang et al. 2012

Example 30-116:
Si ê pa kume, bu ta ben fereré! / Si éra pa kume bu ta binha fereré! =Si éra pa kume bu ta benba fereré!
Si
if
ê
be
pa=kume,
for=eat
bu=ta=ben
2sg=ipfv=come
fereré!/
quickly
Si=éra
if=be.ant
pa=kume
for=eat
bu=ta=binha
2sg=ipfv=come.ant
fereré!
quickly
=
=
Si=éra
if=be.ant
pa=kume
for=eat
bu=ta=ben-ba
2sg=ipfv=come-ant
fereré!
quickly
If it's about food, you come fast!/ If it was about food, you would come fast!
German: Wenn es um's Essen geht, kommst du schnell! / Wenn es um's Essen ginge, kämst du schnell!

Source: Lang et al. 2012

Confidence:
Intermediate