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Example 73-12
nu tinini warmi kunkiun no kazay pudini
nu
neg
tini-ni
have-
1sg
warmi
woman
kunki-un
with.who-
ins
no
not
kaza-y
marry-
inf
pudi-ni
can-
1sg
I do not have a woman whom I can marry.
Comment:
The presence of the two negators is surprising, since the interpretation is that of a single negator.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Muysken 1997
: 399
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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