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Example 71-91
Aole
oe hopu, makou piliwaiwai.
Aole
neg
oe
you
hopu,
arrest
makou
1pl
piliwaiwai.
gamble
Don't arrest [us], we [would like to] gamble. OR: Don’t you make any arrest. You let us gamble. (official court translation)
Comment:
Makou
here is exclusive plural.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1901
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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