Datapoint Fa d’Ambô/Tense-aspect systems

Values

Mixed aspectual-temporal system

Example 38-85:
I bi sa feu.
Eli
3sg
bi
ant
sa
be
feu.
ill
He was ill.
Example 38-86:
Bo bi sa namina.
Bo
2sg
bi
ant
sa
be
na-mina.
art-child
You were a child.
Example 38-87:
Ineni bi sxa tabaya.
Ineni
3pl
bi
ant
sxa
prog
tabaya.
work
They had been working.
Example 38-88:
Ineni bi ske tabaya.
Ineni
3pl
bi
ant
ske
irr
tabaya.
work
They would have gone to work.
Confidence:
Certain