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Example 1-136
Mingo joù
no
man.
Mingo
Mingo
yu
2sg
no
neg
man.
man
Mingo, you don't have the nerve.
Comment:
This is the standard negation.
Type:
written
Source:
CR 1707
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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