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Example 61-107
Yena
ayi
idla lo sinkwa.
Yena
he
ayi
neg
idla
eat
lo
def
.
art
sinkwa.
bread
He isn't eating (the) bread. OR: He doesn't eat bread.
Comment:
Ayi
(also
hayi
or
hayikhona
) is a negative particle, not a verb.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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