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Example 59-328
I hinga mbeni
yi oko
ti sara ngbangani
pepe.
I
1pl
hinga
know
mbeni
some
yi
thing
oko
one
ti
of
sara
do
ngbangani
the.matter
pepe.
neg
We don't know a thing to do about it.
Comment:
ngbanga ni
[affair DET]
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 150
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Co-occurrence with predicate negation
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