| Infinitive | |||
| Travay | to work | ||
| Imperative | |||
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Travay! Annou travay! |
Work! Let's work! | ||
| Present | |||
| mwen travay | I work | nou travay | we work |
| ou travay | you work | zòt travay | you work |
| i travay | he speaks | yo travay | they work |
| Present Progressive | |||
| mwen ka travay | I am working | nou ka travay | we are working |
| ou ka travay | you are working | zòt ka travay | you are working |
| i ka travay | he is speaking | yo ka travay | they are working |
| Note: In martinican creole, "ka" can't be used with enmen (to love), rayi (to hate), sav (to know), and a few other verbs. |
| Past | ||||
| mwen travay | I worked | nou travay | we worked | |
| ou travay | you worked | zòt travay | you worked | |
| i travay | he worked | yo travay | they worked | |
| Future | ||||
| mwen ké travay | I will work | nou ké travay | we will work | |
| ou ké travay | you will work | zòt ké travay | you will work | |
| i ké travay | he will work | yo ké travay | they will work | |
| Future with ale | ||||
| m'ale travay | I am going to work | n' ale travay | we are going to work | |
| w'ale travay | you are going to work | zòt ale travay | you are going to work | |
| y' ale travay | he is going to work | y ale travay | they are going to work | |
| Perfect | ||||
| mwen tè travay | I have worked | nou tè travay | we have worked | |
| ou tè travay | you have worked | zòt tè travay | you have worked | |
| i tè travay | he has worked | yo tè travay | they have worked | |
| Conditional | ||||
|
mwen té ké travay mwen sé travay | I would work | nou té ké travay nou sé travay | we would work | |
|
ou té ké travay mwen sé travay | you would work | zòt té ké travay zòt sé travay | you would work | |
|
i té ké travay i sé travay | he would work | yo té ké travay yo sé travay | they would work |
