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

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

Variety:	Hawaiʼi Creole
Feature:	Present tense forms of modals used where StE has past tense forms
Value:	B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:	Kent Sakoda and Jeff Siegel

Example 1844:: Kæn bi dei no andastæn, aes wai.
'It could be that they don't understand.'
Example 1845:: ho, waz gud fan… yu kaen jas go hant boa weneva yu laik.
Ho, it was good fun…you could just go hunt boar whenever you like.'