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Example 23-96

e, yu yu go swim

e,

hey

yu

2sg

yu

2sg

go

go

swim

bathe

Hey, go wash yourself!

Type:: naturalistic spoken
Source:: Meyerhoff nd

Language:

Bislama by Miriam Meyerhoff

Datapoints:

The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator

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