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Example 39-108
ãt də mata buf
nã vẽd
pɛl.
ãt
before
də
of
mat-a
kill-
inf
buf
buffalo
nã
neg
vẽd
sell.
npst
pɛl.
skin
Do not sell the skin before killing the buffalo.
Comment:
This is a local saying.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 189
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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