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Example 7-243
Nobadi (na) si mi.
No-badi
neg
-body
(na)
(
neg
)
si
see
mi.
1sg
Nobody saw me.
Comment:
The negation particle is optional if the negative indefinite is sentence-initial.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2013+
: 12
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Preclusion possible with preverbal indefinites
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