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Example 22-98
Maski paitim bal long han [...].
Maski
proh
pait-im
hit-
tr
bal
ball
long
with
han
hand
[...].
[...]
Don't hit the ball with your hand [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Verhaar 1995
: 43
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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