Datapoint Pidgin Hawaiian/Tense-aspect systems

Hawaiian has a pure aspecual system (ua for perfective, e VERB ana for imperfective, etc.), but this system is lost in the pidgin. Pidgin Hawaiian encompasses temporal adverbs for tense like mamua 'before' for past, as well as aspect adverbs like pau for completive. There is a sporadic retention of postverbal ana for aspect.

Values

No or only one tense or aspect marker

Example 71-74:
Oe mamua aie akahi dala, aole hoihoi mai, wau aole makana akahi dala iaoe.
Oe
2sg
mamua
before
aie
borrow
akahi
one
dala,
dollar
aole
neg
hoihoi
return
mai,
dir
wau
1sg
aole
neg
makana
give
akahi
one
dala
dollar
iaoe.
obj.2sg
You previously borrowed a dollar that you never returned to me, so I'm not going to give you a dollar.
Example 71-76:
Aole wau manao make ana wau, aka, wau nui loa eha keia manawa.
Aole
neg
wau
1sg
manao
think
make
die
ana
ipfv
wau,
1sg
aka,
but
wau
1sg
nui
much
loa
very
eha
hurt
keia
this
manawa.
time
I didn't think I was dying but I was in a lot of pain at the time.
Example 71-83:
Wau kamailio pololei ka mea pau oe kamailio.
Wau
1sg
kamailio
talk
pololei
correct
ka
def
mea
thing
pau
finish
oe
2sg
kamailio.
talk
I'll tell [him] accurately what you've told me.
Confidence:
Certain