Editing Tok Pisin (section)

===Tense and aspect===
Past tense: marked by {{lang|tpi|bin}} (< Eng. ''been''):
: Tok Pisin: {{lang|tpi|Na praim minista i '''bin''' tok olsem.}}
: English: "And the prime minister spoke thus."{{sfn|Romaine|1991|p=629}}

Continuative same tense is expressed through: verb + {{lang|tpi|i stap}}.
: Tok Pisin: {{lang|tpi|Em i slip '''i stap'''}}.
: English: "He/She is sleeping."{{sfn|Romaine|1991|p=631}}

Completive or perfective aspect expressed through the word {{lang|tpi|pinis}} (< Eng. ''finish''):
: Tok Pisin: {{lang|tpi|Em i lusim bot '''pinis'''.}}
: English: "He had got out of the boat."<ref>{{citation|title=Tok Pisin and its relevance to theoretical issues in creolistics and general linguistics| last= Mühlhäusler | first = Peter | date = 1984}} in {{harvnb|Wurm|Mühlhäusler|1985|p=462}}.</ref>

Transitive words are expressed through {{lang|tpi|-im}} (< Eng. ''him''):
: Tok Pisin: {{lang|tpi|Yu pinis'''im''' stori nau.}}
: English: "Finish your story now!"<ref>{{citation|title=The scientific study of Tok Pisin: language planning and the Tok Pisin lexicon|last =Mühlhäusler | first = Peter | date = 1984}} in {{harvnb|Wurm|Mühlhäusler|1985|p=640}}.</ref>

Future is expressed through the word "{{lang|tpi|bai}}" (< Eng. ''by and by''):
: Tok Pisin: {{lang|tpi| Nil nabaut {{strong|bai}} i ros.}}
: English: "If you take just any nails that happen to be around, those will rust."{{sfn|Verhaar|1995|p=315}}