Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking

In Malay, we have tidak or tak as the negative marker but with the word ada, the two become nada. But such combinationation does not occur in Bazaar Malay. In Bazaar Malay, there are 4 negators: tak used together with verb or adjective, bukan with noun or adjective and jangon used in prohibitive sentences and belum 'not yet' indicating both negative and perfective aspect. However, Bazaar Malay does not allow more than three elements within a verb phrase.

Values

Same TAM marking in negated clauses

Example 67-111:
Lu mao cakap ini eih apa dia punya pasal pekala, tak mao galo la.
Lu
2sg
mao
want
cakap
speak
ini
dem
eih
interj/fill
apa
what
dia
3sg
punya
poss
pasal
matter
pekala,
matter
tak
neg
mao
want
galo
quarrel
la.
emph
[If] you want to talk about his matter, you will not quarrel.

Source: Aye 2005: 349

Example 67-112:
Dia tak ada kerja sekrang.
Dia
3sg
tak
neg
ada
prog
kerja
work
sekrang.
now
He is not working now.
Confidence:
Very certain