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Example 58-125
Muntu mosi kwisaka
ve.
Muntu
person
mosi
one
kwisaka
came
ve.
neg
One person did not come.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: After verb plus postverbal object
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Co-occurrence with predicate negation
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