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Example 53-372
Na lontan mo
pa
wa li.
Na
it.is
lontan
long.time
mo
1sg
pa
neg
wa
see
li.
3sg
I haven't seen him for a long time.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 321
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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