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Example 54-219
Tank zot la
pa
fini, i sava
pa
.
Tank
as.long.as
zot
3pl
la
prf
pa
neg
fini,
finish
i
fin
sava
go
pa.
neg
As long as they have not finished, they will not go away.
French:
Tant qu'ils n'ont pas fini, il ne s'en vont pas.
Comment:
The negator is also placed after the perfect marker
la
, which is diachronically and synchronically a form of the verb
avoir
'have'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 43
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Immediately after the verb
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