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Example 20-60
挨糯托記騷
I
no
talkee so.
I
1sg
no
neg
talkee
talk
so.
so
I did not say so.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.49
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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