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Example 1-242
Kaba tog
no wan somma
bribi hem muffe.
Kaba
but
togu
yet
nowan-soma
no-person
bribi
believe
en
2sg
mofo.
word
But yet no one believes him (lit. But yet no one believes his words).
Comment:
The negative indefinite pronoun is
nowan-soma
; there is no predicate negation.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 40
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Preclusion possible with preverbal indefinites
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