Datapoint Trinidad English Creole/Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs

Values

Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked

Example 6-54:
Sita eat di mango.
Sita
Sita
eat
eat
di
det
mango.
mango
Sita ate the mango.

Source: Winer 1993: 22

Example 6-55:
Di child want food.
Di
det
child
child
want
want
food.
food
The child wants food.

Source: Winer 1993: 22

Confidence:
Intermediate