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Example 48-94
NU se murí NU kumo ta yobé.
NU
neg
se
hab
murí
die
NU
neg
kumo
when
ta
prog
yobé.
rain
One does not die when it rains. (When it rains, the things we plant grow well, and we have enough to eat.)
Spanish:
No suele morirse cuando llueve.
Comment:
Note that here the presence of NEG (
nu
) does not preclude the presence of the habitual marker
se
(=
asé
).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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