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Example 72-152
An dij karungku i
neba
luk dat kaya kominap.
An
and
dij
this
karu-ngku
child-
erg
i
3sg
.
sbj
neba
neg
luk
look
dat
the
kaya
monster
kom-in-ap.
come-
cont
-up
And this kid didn't see the monster coming towards them.
Comment:
Here the negative particle
neba (< never)
is used.
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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