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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
van den Berg 2007
: 256ff
Examples
Ju
no
musse itschè so tranga.
Yu
2sg
no
neg
musu
must
itsye
sneeze
so
so
tranga.
strong
Don't sneeze so loud! OR: You must not sneeze so loud!
German:
Niess nicht so laut! [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 75
Mingo joù
no
man.
Mingo
Mingo
yu
2sg
no
neg
man.
man
Mingo, you don't have the nerve.
See
CR 1707
Ope
windels!
Opo
open
windels!
window
Open the windows!
Dutch:
Doet de Vensters open.
See
Herlein 1718
: 123
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