Datapoint Creolese/Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Values

Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Example 5-84:
di manggo dem a raip pon di chrii rait nou
di
det
manggo
mango
dem
pl
a
prog
raip
ripe
pon
on
di
det
chrii
tree
rait
right
nou
now
The mangoes are ripening on the tree right now.
Example 5-85:
awii manggo don raip laang taim
awii
poss
manggo
mango
don
compl
raip
ripe
laang
long
taim
time
Our mangoes have ripened some long time ago. OR: Our mangoes have been ripe for some time now.
Confidence:
Very certain