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Example 53-229
Si to gen ènmi dan la Vil Orleyon va pa la!
Si
if
to
2sg
gen
have
ènmi
enemy
dan
in
la
art
.
def
.
sg
Vil
city
Orleyon
Orleans
va
go
pa
neg
la!
there
If you have enemies in New Orleans, don't go there!
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 314
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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