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Example 65-147
Трава гори нету, лес - гори!
Tərawa gari netu, lies gari!
Tərawa
grass
gari
burn
netu,
neg
lies
forest
gari!
burn
It is not just the grass that is burning, it it the whole forest that burns!
Type:
citation in fiction
Source:
Arsen’ev 1949
: 257
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Immediately after the verb
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