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Example 53-374
Yé tandé: bon courore vini
pa.
Yé
3pl
tandé:
wait
bon
good
courore
runner
vini
come
pa.
neg
They waited: the good runner didn't come.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.) 1987
: 77
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Immediately after the verb
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