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Example 71-95
Aole
wau pepehi kela kepani.
Aole
neg
wau
1sg
pepehi
beat
kela
det
kepani.
Japanese
I didn't beat up that Japanese.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1896
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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