Datapoint Haitian Creole/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Values

Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Example 49-130:
Mwen te konn vann liv bò lekòl la.
Mwen
1sg
te
ant
konn
hab
vann
sell
liv
book
bò
close
lekòl
school
la.
def
I used to sell books close to the school.
French: J’avais l’habitude de vendre des livres près de l’école.
Example 49-131:
M t ap boukannen manyòk.
M
1sg
t
ant
ap
inacc
boukannen
cook.over.woodfire
manyòk.
manioc
I was [in the process of] cooking manioc over a wood fire.
French: J'étais en train de cuire du manioc au feu de bois.

Source: Fattier 1998: 865

Confidence:
Very certain