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Example 54-218
[...] si lé
pa
bon mi manz
pa
.
[...]
[...]
si
if
le
cop
.
prs
pa
neg
bon
good
mi
1sg
.
prs
manz
eat
pa.
neg
[...] if it is not good I won’t eat it.
French:
[...] s'il n'est pas bon, je ne le mange pas.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 77
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Immediately after the verb
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