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Example 30-121
Bu ben. / Bu ka ben.
Bu=ben.
2sg
=come
/
Bu=ka=ben.
2sg
=
neg
=come
You came. / You didn't come.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Special imperative construction and normal negator
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