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Example 49-158
Pinga manyen sa!
Pinga
proh
manyen
touch
sa!
dem
Don't touch that!
French:
Ne touche pas à ça!
Comment:
In this example, the special negator is immediately followed by the verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: vol. 6, p. 61
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Special imperative construction and special negator
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