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Example 17-72
Dì pìkín we̱ do̱n taya ne̱va slip.
Dì
art
.
def
pìkín
child
we̱
rel
do̱n
compl
taya
be.tired
ne̱va
neg
.
compl
slip.
sleep
The child who is / has become tired has not slept.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 35-37
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Different TAM marking in negated clauses
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: No suppletion according to tense or aspect
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