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Example 7-242
Mitch
na
hafo no.
Mitch
Mitch
na
neg
ha-fo
have-for
no.
know
Mitch doesn’t have to know.
Comment:
Modals (of obligation) with
fo
cannot take enclitic
-n
.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2013+
: 6
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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