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Example 70-73
Ham nai jano u-loŋ skul paro ki nai.
Ham
1sg
nai
neg
jano
know
u-loŋ
3-
pl
skul
school
paro
study
ki
or
nai.
neg
I didn't know if they'd been to school or not.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Siegel-field recording
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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