Position of Tense, Mood and Aspect Markers in relation to the verb (Feature 43)
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This feature asks about the position of tense, mood and aspect markers in relation to the verb. Future markers are also included here, whether they refer only to a future situation or whether they exert also, or almost exclusively, modal functions.
The term aspect is used in a restricted way (imperfective vs. perfective, see APiCS Glossary, aspect; see also tense).
Values:
“Preceding the verb“ means that the marker is immediately adjacent to the verb complex, and “in a leftward position“ means that the marker is not immediatelyadjacent to the verb complex, but that it is located e.g. before the subject or the negator. The same holds in an analogous way for “following the verb“ and “in a rightward position“.
If different tense/mood/aspect markers occur in a different position, you may select several values.
Additional remarks
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Values
| Value | Value Annotation | |
| 1 | Immediately preceding the verb | Seychelles Creole Yer mon ti pe travay. [yesterday 1sg past prog work] ' Yesterday I was working.’ |
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| 2 | Immediately following the verb | |
| 3 | In a leftward position | Chinuk Wawa Ánqati náyka mákma. [previously 1sg eat] ‘I ate.’ or ‘I was eating.’ (lit. previously I eat). Papiamentu Mañan lo mi no bai laman. [tomorrow fut I neg go sea] ‘Tomorrow I won’t go to the seaside.’ |
| 4 | In a rightward position | Guinea Bissau Kriôl Jon j a ciga-nta-l-ba. [John already arrive-caus-3sg.obj-past] ‘John had already sent it.’ |
WALS No.
(69) (Partial)
