Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Tense-aspect systems
Aspectual markers used in Bazaar Malay characterize the following types of relationship of the predicate to the time interval over which the event occurs: (i) habitual, (ii) progressive, and (iii)perfective. These aspectual markers can be used in
conjunction with temporal nouns which are used as the time frame of discourse as the primary time reference. The most common aspectual markers in Bazaar Malay include:
HABITUAL:
selalu ‘always’;
kadang-kadang ‘sometimes’; dulu ‘before’
PROGRESSIVE:
ada ‘be’
sedang ‘in the process’
tengah ‘in the process’
masih ‘still’
PERFECTIVE:
sudah ‘already’
habis ‘finish’
baru ‘recently’
belum ‘not yet’
pernah ‘ever’
tak pernah ‘never’
Values 
Purely aspectual system
- Example 67-109:
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Lagi saya mamatua ada tinggal.Lagibesidessaya1sgmamatuamother-in-lawadabetinggal.liveBesides, my mother-in-law was living (with us).
Source: Aye 2005: 175
- Example 67-110:
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Saya ada pergi pasar.Saya1sgadabepergigopasar.marketI am going to the market.
Source: Aye 2005: 173
- Confidence:
- Very certain