**** Tense and aspect markers in Sea Islands Creole

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Tense and aspect markers in Gullah:

I shell them.------------------I shell em.

She shells them.---------------She (he, e) de shell em.

I am shelling them.------------I de shell em.

I shelled them.----------------I ben shell em.

I have been shelling them.-----I bina shell em.

I have shelled them.-----------I don shell em.

I shelled them some time ago.--I ben don shell em.

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Copied from Jones-Jackson, 141.

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