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Example 54-220
Le mun i va
pa
vòl en ti zafer kòm sa.
Lë
def
moun
person
i
fin
va
fut
pa
neg
vol
steal
en
indf
ti
small
zafer
thing
kom
like
sa.
that
Nobody will steal a small item like that.
French:
Personne ne volera une petite chose comme ça.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 344
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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