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Example 1-125
Mie no ben dee aksie na wan stoeloe.
Mi
1sg
no
neg
ben
pst
de
ipfv
aksi
ask
na
loc
wan
indf
.
sg
sturu.
chair
I didn't ask for a chair.
Dutch:
Ik vraagde niet na een Stoel. [op.cit.]
Comment:
The relative past tense marker
ben
and the imperfective aspect marker
de
are preceded here by the negation.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798
: 62
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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