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Example 30-212
Kusa bunitu sima kel inda N
ka
odja na mundu!
Kusa
thing
bunitu
nice
sima
as
kel
dem
.
sg
inda
up.to.now
N=ka=odja
1sg
=
neg
=see
na=mundu!
in=world
I've never seen such a nice thing in the world!
German:
So etwas Schönes habe ich noch nie auf der Welt gesehen.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 312
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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