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Example 7-240
Mitch wodn no.
Mitch
Mitch
wod-n
would-
neg
no.
know
Mitch wouldn’t know. OR: Mitch won’t know.
Comment:
The negative marker
na
is affixed as
-n
to some modals.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2013+
: 8
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Negative morpheme types: Negative affix
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