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Example 32-86
Ka bo mordê-l!
Ka
neg
bo
2sg
mordê-l!
bite-
3sg
Don't bite him!
Portuguese:
Não o mordas!
Comment:
This is a special imperative construction for the prohibitive.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
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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