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Example 41-95
aka viida aka numis laraa avarapa
aka
that
viida
because
aka
that
numis
neg
.
oblig
laraa
leave
avara-pa
now-
dat
Therefore, don't leave it for the time being.
Comment:
This example illustrates prohibitive formation using
numis(ta)
-V.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 1430
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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