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Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Position of standard negation

Example 26-60:: aɪ dono waɪ dɛ nɛva puɾ ɔm in a miɾol
aɪ
1sg
dono
neg.know
waɪ
why
dɛ
3pl
nɛva
neg.pst
puɾ
put
ɔm
3sg
in
in
a
def
miɾol
middle
I don't know why they didn't put it in the middle.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 54
Example 26-61:: ðat no saʊn ɹaɪt tu mi
ðat
dem
no
neg
saʊn
sound
ɹaɪt
right
tu
to
mi
1sg.obl
That doesn't sound right to me.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 23
Example 26-64:: a tiŋ B. no gon bi gud
a
1sg
tiŋ
think
B.
B.
no
neg
gon
fut
bi
be
gud
good
I think that B. isn't going to be (any) good. OR: I don't think that B. is going to be (any) good.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 177