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Example 73-84
elkunaga no tienen kuminada
el-kuna-ga
3-
pl
-
top
no
neg
tienen
have.
3pl
kumi-na-da
eat-
nmlz
-
acc
They do not have anything to eat.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Muysken 1981
: 71
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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