Verb Tenses

Question 1

I am “verb’ing”
Ex. M __ pale
*I __ speak’ing

Answer 1

*ap

Ex. M ap pale
*I am speaking

Question 2

I __ “verb’ed”
Ex. M __ kanpe
*I __ stood

Answer 2

te

Ex. M te kampe
*I stood

Question 3

I “was verbing”
Ex. M __ manje
* I __ eating

Answer 3

tap

Ex. M tap manje
*I
I WAS eating

Question 4

I “already” verb’ed
Ex. M __ __ manje
*I already ate

Answer 4

gen tan

Ex. M gen tan manje
*I ALREADY ate

Question 5

I “had already” verb’ed
Ex. M __ __ __ pati lè l te rive
*I had already left when he arrived

Answer 5

te gen tan

Ex. M te gen tan pati lè l te rive
*I had already left when he arrived

Question 6

I’m “going to” verb
Ex. M __ achte kèk bagay nan mache a
*Im going to buy a few things in the market

Answer 6

pral

Ex. M pral achte kèk bagay nan mache a
*I’m GOING TO buy a few things in the market

Question 7

I “will verb”
Ex. M __ wè
*I will see

There is three variations:

___
___
___

Answer 7

a
ava
va

Ex. M a wè
Ex. M ava wè
Ex. M va wè
*I WILL see

Question 8

I “will have already” verb’ed
Ex. Nou __ __ __ manje lè w rive
*We will have already eaten when you arrive

Answer 8

pral gen tan

Ex. Nou pral gen tan manje lè w rive
*We WILL HAVE ALREADY eaten when you arrive

Question 9

I “would verb”
Ex. M __ naje, men m pa konn naje
*I would swim, but I don’t know swim

Answer 9

ta

Ex. M ta naje, men m pa konn naje
*I WOULD swim, but I don’t know swim

Question 10

I “should verb”
Ex. M __ etidye
*I should study

Answer 10

dwe

Ex. M dwe etidye
*I SHOULD study

Question 11

I “could verb”
Ex. M __ __ ale, men m pa vle
I could go, but I don’t want

Answer 11

ta ka

Ex. M ta ka ale, men m pa vle
*I COULD go, but I don’t want

Question 12

I “would have verbed”
Ex. Si w vin kote m, m __ __ ede w
If you had come to me, I woulda have helped

Answer 12

ta va

Ex. Si w vin kote m, m ta va ede w
If you had come to me I WOULD HAVE helped

Question 13

I “was going to verb”
Ex. M __ __ vizite w, men m te twò okipe yè
I was going to visit you, but I was too busy yesterday

Answer 13

te pral

Ex. M te pral vizite w, m’en m te twò okipe yè
I WAS GOING TO visit you, but I was to busy yesterday

Question 14

I “should have verbed”
Ex. M __ __ ede w
I should have helped you

Answer 14

te dwe

Ex. M te dwe ede w
I SHOULD HAVE helped you

Question 15

I “could have verbed”
Ex. M __ __ fè manje sa a
I could have made that food

Answer 15

te ka

Ex. M te ka fè manje sa a
I COULD HAVE made that food

Question 16

We	 already	know	that	one	of	
the	 Creole	equivalents	for
“already”	is	gen	tan.		To	
negate this,	we	need	the	
Creole	 equivalent	of	“yet”.
To say "had not yet" "have not yet", Creole speakers say "\_\_\_\_\_"?

Answer 16

poko or potko

Ex. M poko rive lakay
*I have not yet arrived home
I’m not home yet