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Example 64-84
kan úo ma tála bára úmon
kan
ma biligó úo
kan
cond
úo
3sg
ma
neg
tála
go.out
bára
outside
úmon
3pl
kan
ant
ma
neg
bi=ligó
irr
=find
úo
3sg
If he hadn’t come out into the open, they wouldn’t have found him.
Comment:
This is a negative declarative sentence.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 171
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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