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Example 23-97
yu no mekem rabis fasin
yu
2sg
no
neg
mekem
make
rabis
rubbish
fasin
fashion
Don't have me on. OR: Don't behave badly.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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