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Example 25-247
Don
idim na!
Don
neg
.
imp
id-im
eat-
tr
na!
now
Don't eat it!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the use of prohibitive auxiliary
don.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
Verb doubling and focus: No verb doubling
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