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Example 72-151
Yu putim nyawa kuya so yu kaan nurt laiyangku nganta.
Yu
2sg
put-im
put-
tr
nyawa
this
kuya
thus
so
so
yu
2sg
kaan
neg
nurt
press
laiya-ngku
liar-
erg
nganta.
doubt
You put this one like that so you won't tread on it, you little liar.
Comment:
The negative particle
kaan
('can't, won't': <
can't
) is used in this example.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 415
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Negative morpheme types: Negative auxiliary verb
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