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Example 69-41
yəm mən murəmbi tanan kakan
yəm
water
mən
3sg
murə-mbi
run.away-
dep
ta-nan
prog
-
nonfut
kakan
neg
The water hadn't drained away yet.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Immediately after the verb
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