Datapoint Black South African English/Levelling of past tense/past participle verb forms: past participle replacing the past tense form

Variety: Black South African English
Feature: Levelling of past tense/past participle verb forms: past participle replacing the past tense form
Value: C - feature exists, but is extremely rare
Informants: Rajend Mesthrie

Examples

Example 3333:
I been here for 5 years.