Datapoint Louisiana Creole/Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Ape is used to express the inchoative only with choke 'be angry', fatige 'be tired' and some verbs expressing a change of state. In all other cases an auxiliary (vini 'become', det 'be, get', komonse 'begin') is used.

Values

Inchoative expressed by progressive marker

Example 53-198:
M ape choke.
M
1sg
ape
prog
choke.
angry
I'm starting to get angry.

Source: Neumann 1985: 212

Example 53-199:
M ape fatige ek te zistwar.
M
1sg
ape
prog
fatige
tire
ek
with
te
2sg.poss.pl
zistwar.
story
I'm getting tired of hearing your stories.
French: Je commence à être fatiguée de tes histoires.

Source: Neumann 1985: 212

Example 53-200:
Li det las.
Li
3sg
det
be
las.
tired
He gets tired.

Source: Neumann 1985: 253

Example 53-201:
Bouki vini fen.
Bouki
Bouki
vini
become
fen.
hungry
Bouki got hungry.

Source: Neumann 1985: 259

Example 53-202:
Tan la t ape vini relmon fre-fre.
Tan
weather
la
art.def.sg
t
pst
ape
prog
vini
become
relmon
really
fre-fre.
cold-cold
The weather was getting really cold.

Source: Neumann 1985: 259

Confidence:
Certain