Datapoint Chinuk Wawa/Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Chinuk Wawa has no tense and aspect markers; temporal relations may be expressed by time adverbs, in this case ánqati 'formerly'.

Values

No overt past marker exists

Example 74-71:
ánqati náyka mákmak
ánqati
formerly
náyka
1sg
mákmak
eat
I ate; I used to eat; I was eating
Confidence:
Very certain