eWAVE - Datapoint Bahamian Creole/Present tense forms of modals used where StE has past tense forms

Datapoint Bahamian Creole/Present tense forms of modals used where StE has past tense forms

Variety:	Bahamian Creole
Feature:	Present tense forms of modals used where StE has past tense forms
Value:	C - feature exists, but is extremely rare
Informants:	Stephanie Hackert

Example 1404:: I see a crowd of people, 'cause they had like this – plastic, so no one can – uh – go there to see them, so I went to the officer, I say, Excuse me … can I go and see him?
I saw a crowd of people, because they had this [piece of] plastic [covering up a dead body], so no one would be able to go there to see them [it?], so I went to the officer and said, Excuse me … can I go and see him?