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Example 65-84
Надо тихо сиди, чего-чего ломай не надо.
Nada tixa sidi, ʧiwo-ʧiwo lamaj ninada.
Nada
Must
tixa
quiet
sidi,
sit
ʧiwo-ʧiwo
some-some
lamaj
break
ninada.
neg
.must
Sit still, do not [make any noise by] cracking something.
Comment:
These are instructions to hunters.
Type:
citation in fiction
Source:
Arsen’ev 1949
: 30
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
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