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Example 57-54
Fo pa ke ta per paske per-la, le ʃa:ti.
Fo
oblig
pa
neg
ke
that
ta
you
per
fear
paske
because
per-la,
father-
dem
le
si
ʃa:ti.
nice
You do not need to be afraid because this Father is nice.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 174
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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