Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 65-76
Большой люди близко ходи нету.
Balʃoj liudi bəliskə xodi netu.
Balʃoj
big
liudi
person
bəliskə
close
xodi
go
netu.
neg
The biggest wild pig has not come near enough.
Comment:
Liudi
here refers to wild pigs.
Type:
citation in fiction
Source:
Arsen’ev 1949
: 30
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses
×