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Example 26-64
a tiŋ B. no gon bi gud
a
1sg
tiŋ
think
B.
B.
no
neg
gon
fut
bi
be
gud
good
I think that B. isn't going to be (any) good. OR: I don't think that B. is going to be (any) good.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 177
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Different TAM marking in negated clauses
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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