Editing Bislama (section)

===Tense/aspect/mood markers===
*'''stap''' + V : ([[Progressive aspect|progressive]]) ongoing or habitual action
*;hem i stap kukum kumala: or:
:;hemi stap kukum kumala: he/she is cooking sweet potatoes
*'''bin''' + V : [[past tense]] (with implication that the state is no longer true)
*;hem i bin sik long fiva: she was sick with fever [but is no longer sick]
*V + '''finis''' : ([[Perfective aspect|perfective]]) "already" (when placed at the end of a phrase; elsewhere it means "finish")
*;hem i kakae finis: she has already eaten
*'''bae''' + V (occasionally '''bambae'''): ([[irrealis]]) future or hypothetical actions (though, like in English, generally not used in [[conditional sentences]])
*;bae mi go long Santo: I will go to Santo
*;{{Transliteration|bi|italic=no|sipos plen i no bin fulap, bae mi go long Santo}}: If the plane hadn't been full, I would have gone to Santo
*'''no''' + V : negative, "not"
*;hem i no wantem yam: he doesn't want yam
*'''nomo''' + V: "no longer" (when placed after the predicate; elsewhere it means "only")
*;hem i nomo kakae yam: he no longer eats yam
*;hem i kakae yam nomo: he only eats yam
*'''neva''' + V : never
*;hem i neva kakae yam: he's never eaten yam
*'''jes''' + V : (<"just") an action that has recently occurred
*;{{Transliteration|bi|italic=no|mifala i jes wekap}}: we just woke up
*In a future context, ''jes'' entails a delay, rendered in English as "eventually":
*;bae mi pem: I will buy it / Let me buy it
*;bae mi jes pem, be noyet: I will buy it (eventually), but not yet
*V + '''gogo''' : continued action
*;hem i kukum kumala gogo: he keeps on cooking sweet potatoes
*'''mas''' + V : "must", be obliged to
*;hem i mas kakae: he must eat
*'''traem''' + V : "try to"; also sometimes used for politeness in requests
*;hem i stap traem katem: he's trying to cut it
*;traem soem long mi: could you show it me? (request)
*'''wantem''' + V : "want to"
*;hem i wantem go long Santo: she wants to go to Santo
*'''save''' + V : be able to, or be in the habit of doing
*;mi save rid: I can read
*;mi no save dring suga: I don't take sugar in drinks
*;fish ia i save kilim man: this fish can kill a person

Some of these markers also have lexical meanings. For example, ''save'' can mean "be able to" but it is also a verb "know".