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Example 42-82
eli
ńgka
bai mar
eli
3sg
ńgka
neg
bai
go
mar
sea
He isn’t/wasn’t going fishing. / He doesn’t go fishing. / He didn’t go fishing (= HAB or PFV readings).
Comment:
Negation
ngka
does not co-occur with aspectual markers.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 139
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced and different TAM marking in negated clauses
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