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Example 32-85
N ka mordê-l.
N
1sg
ka
neg
mordê-l.
bite-
3sg
I didn't bite him.
Portuguese:
Não o mordí.
Comment:
This is an example of standard negation.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Special imperative construction and normal negator
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