Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
van den Berg 2007: 256ff

Examples

  1. 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

  2. Mingo joù no man.
    Mingo
    Mingo
    yu
    2sg
    no
    neg
    man.
    man
    Mingo, you don't have the nerve.

    See CR 1707

  3. Ope windels!
    Opo
    open
    windels!
    window
    Open the windows!
    Dutch: Doet de Vensters open.

    See Herlein 1718: 123