**** 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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