Datapoint Ternate Chabacano/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Ya is a perfective aspect marker, which is naturally related to past time. Past events can have imperfective aspect marker ta.

Values

No overt past marker exists

Example 44-90:
Ayér ta yobé tódol día.
Ayér
yesterday
ta
ipfv
yobé
rain
tódol
all
día.
day
It was raining the whole day yesterday.
Confidence:
Very certain