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Example 42-97
(bos) bai kaza!
(bos)
(
2sg
)
bai
go
kaza!
home
Go home!
Comment:
The presence of the subject pronoun, for emphasis or clarification, is optional in both affirmative and negative imperatives.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 186
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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