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Example 33-193
Ze
ka
riba aonti.
Ze
Zé
ka
neg
riba
return
aonti.
yesterday
Zé did not return yesterday.
Portuguese:
O Zé não voltou ontem.
Comment:
The negative particle precedes the verb and its markers.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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