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Example 16-73
jù no dè giv àm ʧɔp mɔni
jù
2sg
no
neg
dè
hab
giv
give
àm
3sg
.
obj
ʧɔp
food
mɔni
money
You do not pay him food allowance.
Comment:
This is the standard negation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 191
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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