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Example 16-75
mek jù no wɔri!
mek
caus
/
imp
jù
2sg
no
neg
wɔri!
worry
Don't worry!
Comment:
The prohibitive always requires
mek
+ personal pronoun +
no
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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