Re: Creole vs. Pidgin

Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> wrote:

[about Cavite=F1o]
> The perfective is expressed by _ya_ (not=20
> _na_ as I earlier thought), e.g., _Ya come yo_ 'I ate (already)'.
Oh, *that* makes sense. _Ya_ is Spanish for 'already', and
in Latin American Spanish it can be thought as a perfective
marker too, since the perfect tenses are almost obsolete:

        (Ya) he comido.
        'I have eaten already'

        (Ya) com=ED.
        'I ate (already)' >> 'I just ate'


--Pablo Flores