Datapoint Ternate Chabacano/Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

The verbs that are commonly left unmarked are Spanish inflected forms such as tyéni, kyéri, sábe and pwéde. They can occasionally occur with the perfective aspect marker (y)a.

Values

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

Example 44-89:
Ya ganá yo na eleksyón.
Ya
pfv
ganá
win
yo
1sg
na
loc
eleksyón.
election
I won the elections.
Example 44-97:
Tyéni yo úna íha.
Tyéni
have
yo
1sg
úna
one
íha.
daughter
I have one daughter.
Confidence:
Certain