Datapoint Vincentian Creole/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Mood and aspect markers (OBLIG, IRR, PROG, ...) can intervene beteween the past marker and the verb. So too can lexical items.

Values

Particle, a few lexical items may intervene

Example 7-9:
I ha dis man bin a wuhk lan fo J.
I
3sg
ha
have
dis
dem
man
man
bin
pst
a
prog
wuhk
work
lan
land
fo
for
J.
J.
There was a man who used to work the land for J.
Example 7-123:
Mi bin aalweiz se so.
Mi
1sg
bin
pst
aalweiz
always
se
say
so.
so
I had always said that.
Example 7-121:
Mi bin go muuv dem.
Mi
1sg
bin
pst
go
irr
muuv
move
dem.
3pl
I intended to move them. OR: I tried to move them.
Example 7-122:
Mi bin fo muuv dem.
Mi
1sg
bin
pst
fo
oblig
muuv
move
dem.
3pl
I was supposed to move them.
Confidence:
Very certain