Datapoint Reunion Creole/Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking

The perfect can be marked with la or la fin/fini, but in negative sentences only la is attested in my corpus. The example with la pa fin provided by Staudacher (2004: 87) seems highly dubious.

Values

Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses

Example 54-103:
Moin la fine ariv la kaz.
Mwen
1sg
la.fin
prf
ariv
arrive
la
the
kaz.
house
I have arrived at home.
French: Je suis arrivé à la maison.

Source: Cellier 1982: 116

Example 54-111:
Li la pa rantré.
Li
3sg
la
prf
pa
neg
rantre.
come.back
He has not come back home. OR: He is not yet at home.
French: Il n'est pas rentré.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 76

Example 54-112:
Moin (la pa fine) travay, mi asiz pa.
Mwen
1sg
la
prf
pa
neg
fin
prf
travay,
work
mi
1sg.fin
asiz
sit
pa.
neg
I have not done my work, I will not sit down.
French: Je n'ai pas encore travaillé, je ne me repose pas.

Source: Staudacher-Valliamée 2004: 87

Confidence:
Intermediate