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Example 55-188
to pu vini, noṅ?
to
2sg
pu
fut
vini,
come
noṅ?
no
You will come, won't you?
Comment:
Polar questions with normal (non-interrogative) intonation + interrogative
no
ṅ
are used when the speaker seeks to encourage a positive answer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baker 1972
: 116
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Final question particle
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