Datapoint Palenquero/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

The past imperfective marker ba can be preverbal (when attached to TAM particles) or postverbal.

ta-ba kaminá
ta-ba kaminá-ba
'was walking'

For a convenient overview of the position of this and related markers in Palenquero, see Schwegler (1998: 256).

Values

Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Example 48-83:
¿Utere asé-ba kandá-lo-ba por kuanto ría?
¿Utere
you.pl
asé-ba
hab-prog
kandá-lo-ba
sing-it-pst.prog
por
for
kuanto
how.many
ría?
day
You were usually singing to (lamenting) him for how many days?
Spanish: (Ustedes) solían cantarlo (lamentar el muerto) por cuántos días?
Example 48-87:
Ayá loyu ende asé be-ba yená agua.
Ayá
there
loyu
creek
ende
people
asé
hab
be-ba
go-pst.hab
yená
fill
agua.
water
At the creek, we used to go and get water.
Spanish: En el arroyo la gente (nosotros) íbamos a llenar el agua (a llenar [nuestras recipientes] de agua).
Example 48-88:
Ele ta-ba aí nu.
Ele
he/she
ta-ba
be-pst
aí
there
nu.
neg
He/she wasn't there.
Spanish: Él/ella no estaba allí.
Confidence:
Certain