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Example 43-66
[...] nos
numpodi
bakia sigredu.
[...]
[...]
nos
1pl
numpodi
neg
.can
bakia
keep
sigredu.
secret
[...] we cannot hide secrets.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Philippe 2011
: 88
Language:
Batavia Creole
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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