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Example 28-200
tit ju nuno gau ka o das frot di mingi ben
titi
time
ju
2sg
nunu
pull
o
3sg
gau
quick
ka
neg
o
3sg
das
hab
froto
rot
di
def
mingi
water
ben
inside
If you don't pull it out quickly, it gets rotten in the water.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses
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