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